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Healthcare
Women Prioritize Healthier Finances for Healthier Futures
May 28, 2024

Women run the world, and that world often starts with their own households. But too frequently, that world also ends there — as women spend significantly more time on household responsibilities and caregiving, leaving less time for taking care of their own health and wellness....

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Zelis Launches Platform for Healthcare Payments, Communications
May 20, 2024

Zelis has launched a platform designed to handle both healthcare payments and communications. The new Zelis Advanced Payments Platform (ZAPP) helps payers process high volumes of claims payments and communications, while also simplifying payment experiences for both providers and members, the provider of healthcare technology solutions said in...

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Women Earning Over $100K Spend Nearly $1K on Their Own Health Every Year
May 17, 2024

For most women, a complex cluster of building blocks — their life stage, household responsibilities, financial circumstances, age and dependents, among others — shape how they prioritize their own healthcare needs, a PYMNTS Intelligence study finds. And data in the “2024 Women’s Wellness Index,” a...

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Report: Oracle Health Facing Challenges Modernizing Outdated Systems
May 09, 2024

Oracle has reportedly encountered obstacles in its ambitious plans for electronic medical records company Cerner, which it acquired for $28 billion in December 2021. The company has lost several major clients since the acquisition, its focus has shifted from innovative product ideas to upgrading legacy systems, and its...

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Only 22% of Single Moms Prioritize Their Health
May 03, 2024

In the PYMNTS Intelligence “2024 Women’s Wellness Index,” a collaboration with CareCredit, we drew on survey insights with more than 10,000 U.S. consumers to develop a clearer picture of the many factors shaping women’s finances and their overall health and well-being. For example, we found...

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Nearly One-Third of Healthcare Providers Are Waiting for $100K+ in B2B Payments
May 01, 2024

Late business-to-business (B2B) payments aren’t just a headache for the people in the accounts receivable (AR) department; for some businesses, past due payments can mean the difference between success and insolvency.  AR professionals gauge the severity of late payments by measuring days sales outstanding (DSO), a metric...

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Bank of America: Digital Makes Healthcare Payments as Easy as Paying Any Other Merchant
April 29, 2024

There’s no shortage of analysis these days about the effect inflation has had — and will have — on the banking and payments industry. But there are other implications as well. For example, inflation has also pressured the healthcare system, and here several companies are...

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Bank of America: Digital Makes Healthcare Payments as Easy as Paying Any Other Merchant
April 29, 2024

There’s no shortage of analysis these days about the effect inflation has had — and will have — on the banking and payments industry. But there are other implications as well. For example, inflation has also pressured the healthcare system, and here several companies are...

Healthcare
UnitedHealth Group Shutting Down Optum Virtual Care Telehealth Business
April 24, 2024

UnitedHealth Group is shutting down its Optum Virtual Care telehealth business. Employees were notified of the shutdown on Thursday (April 18), and some were told that their last day would be in July, Seeking Alpha reported Tuesday (April 24), citing a paywalled article by Endpoints News. Reached for comment by PYMNTS, a...