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Stimulus Package: Direct Deposit or Check?

March 31, 2020

Congress passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill — the largest in United States history — that promises to revive a coronavirus-stricken economy. These are payments that will be sent directly to Americans, with many adults getting $1,200. For every qualifying child age 16 or under, the payment adds an additional $500. The plan is for…

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Technologies & Market Forces Drive New Fraud Detection Approaches

March 26, 2020

OrboGraph’s dynamic webinar entitled Change is Inevitable – How Will You Respond? — co-hosted with NICE Actimize — provided fresh insight into the nature of fraud. The webinar provides information and scenarios to show how fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated in their methods of committing fraud and how incorporating new technologies like Artificial Intelligence and…

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Optum Report: Revamping HC Administration with AI

March 25, 2020

One of the primary topics scheduled to be covered at this year’s HIMSS20 was — no surprise – the use of Artificial Intelligence in modern healthcare administration. However, the “surprise” came a week ago when HIMSS20 was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic — a wise move given the emerging nature of this worldwide medical…

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CPT Releases New COVID-19 Code & Description For Testing

March 18, 2020

A key component in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic appeared on March 13, as a new CPT® code — 87635 — streamlining novel coronavirus testing offered by hospitals, health systems, and laboratories in the United States. The American Medical Association provides details on utilizing the new CPT ® code: The full CPT code description…

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A Look at U.S. Personal Check Use

March 10, 2020

Use of Personal Checks: Drilling Down to “Who and Why” A report by the Federal Bank of Atlanta reveals some useful trend information regarding check usage in the United States. The report is described as “a snapshot of U.S. consumers’ use of paper checks in 2017 and 2018, combining data from the 2017 and 2018…

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Breaking News: HIMSS20 CANCELLED

March 6, 2020

In an announcement made yesterday, March 5th, it was announced that HIMSS20 will be cancelled this year due to concern over the coronavirus outbreak. The event was scheduled to take place March 9-13 in Orlando, Florida, and this is the first time in 58 years that it has been cancelled. HIMSS has been keeping a…

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Cryptocurrency: A Comprehensive Primer

March 4, 2020

A few months back we wondered whether Santa would take cryptocurrency – this was in reference to a rather bleak Huffington Post article called “The Bitcoin Hoax“. Pessimists aside, ever since Bitcoin appeared, the ever-growing ecosystem of cryptocurrency has continued to expand and spawn new varieties — some that sound like sci-fi movie titles and…

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Need to Stop Payment? Advantage: CHECK

March 2, 2020

The array of digital payment vehicles available is dizzying — Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo — the list is long. Still, checks remain popular. And, it turns out, a better payment instrument when it becomes necessary to stop payment due to error or suspected fraud! MoneyWise describes easy step-by-step directions for canceling or stopping…

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Payment Automation Insights: 2014 to Today

February 28, 2020

Over the past decade, we have seen a tremendous evolution in healthcare, particularly in healthcare payments and revenue cycle management. But how far have we come since 2014? In 2014 we sat down to talk to Mark Brousseau, President of Brousseau & Associates, to get his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing healthcare payments…

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10 AI Trends to Watch in 2020

February 21, 2020

For all the talk of Artificial Intelligence capabilities and their value to organizations and industries of all sorts, it should be noted that, according to the 2019 MIT SMR-BCG Artificial Intelligence Global Executive Study and Research Report, nine out of ten companies have made some investment in AI, but 70 percent said they have seen…

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