Medicare Advantage—a popular system of competitive private health plans—can be greatly improved. Congress can do so by expanding benefit options for patients and enhancing the quality of patient care.

In November, a public comment sent a Green Mountain Care Board analyst on a curious quest: Why were some Medicare recipients paying more out of pocket for outpatient services at rural, “critical ...

NORFOLK, Neb. -- Something as simple as going for a walk with family, Troy Bowers doesn’t take for granted, considering he hasn’t been able to do it for years. Bowers broke his ankle multiple times ...

Changes to a key component of the Patient Driven Payment Model remain in limbo two years after they were first proposed, but federal regulators are still poised to refine the system to accommodate for ...

The overwhelm problem patient billing causes rising bad debt and staff burnout; smarter communication improves revenue cycle performance.

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PatientPay, the leading patient payments partner for acute, ambulatory and specialty care, today announced the company added nearly 800 additional customers in 2024.

Curae Finance has partnered with four new health systems on patient pay. The health systems announced by the company are Emory Healthcare in Atlanta; The Medical University of South Carolina; Marshall ...

Simple Admit will now offer Bankers Healthcare Group’s patient financing program through Simple Pay, a patient relationship management platform designed for surgery centers, The Virginian-Pilot ...

It's not clear whether hospitals can legally advance patients premium money for coverage obtained from health insurance exchange markets. But the potential for conflict is apparent. What if hospitals ...

Many ASCs across the U.S. are seeing patient copays increase for outpatient surgery, and collecting upfront from patients is tough. But it’s necessary to keep the ASC running smoothly. Elisa August, ...

Durham, North Carolina-based PatientPay announced today that it has received $6 million to expand its specialty care-focused patient billing platform. Teaghlach Family Office was the primary investor, ...

System Georgia Health launches a digital patient billing system with text, email statements, and faster online payments for improved convenience.