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How Much Can Technology Improve Healthcare Payments?

PYMNTS

Among the latest hopes for healthcare payments is blockchain. Touted by observers and industry players as one of the top trends that could impact medical billing and data management for 2018, the technology is increasingly being viewed as part of the path to better efficiency in payments.

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American Express, General Electric, IBM and more

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Allscripts Healthcare Solutions — Shares soared 16% after the company issued preliminary quarterly earnings and revenue results that topped Wall Street forecasts. The provider of physician practice management technology also announced a new $250 million share repurchase program. . Xerox made $1.78

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 4-5)

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Also in industry news this week: Large asset managers offering hybrid digital-human advice services are eating into the market share of purely human advisors, signaling that a smaller firm's ability to offer a differentiated value proposition could be a key to success in the coming years A recent study indicates that tech-forward advisory firms not (..)

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For Healthcare Providers, RX For Healthy Payments Processes 

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Healthcare costs may be one of the largest bills consumers shoulder, and the burden is not getting any easier. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Matt McCammon, general manager of integrated payments at credit card processor, merchant acquirer and bank credit card issuer TSYS , recounted that healthcare is a $4 trillion market.

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Melissa, Allscripts Tackle Medical Billing Problem

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Customer data giant Melissa is teaming up with healthcare IT firm Allscripts in a bid to take some of the headaches out of medical billing for doctors. Valid patient addresses and contact data are crucial for today’s healthcare industry, particularly during a pandemic.

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The White House Startup That’s Taking On Healthcare Payments

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You can’t break things when you are tinkering with something like the healthcare system that supports 4 percent of the GDP, and serves 57 million Americans. The QPP is an application programming interface (API)-based approach to making it easier for healthcare providers to submit and be paid for Medicare claims. healthcare.

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Giving B2B Dental Payments A Digital Treatment

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The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) reported that just 13 percent of dental plans paid providers’ claims using electronic methods in 2019, whereas 70 percent of medical plans reportedly did the same. Payouts And AR. The dental industry has lagged behind most of the medical sector when it comes to modernizing.

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