Payments
In an article ostensibly about a new mobile pay program introduced by a little company called Google, there is interesting challenge that mobile payments needs to overcome to go truly mainstream. Volume decline…
Read MoreDo you agree with RevCycle Intelligence’s ranking of the top five most common pain points for the hospital revenue cycle? Billing and collections errors Health information technology challenges Lack of staff training Failure to monitor the entire claims process Failure to have a financial policy The article is well worth reading, because it offers useful solutions. Given the…
Read MoreIt should come as no surprise to security-obsessed online merchants that fraud is the leading concern of e-commerce merchants polled by the Merchant Risk Council, a Seattle-based worldwide association of e-commerce payments and risk-control executives. The MRC polled a total of 193 merchants in December and January at companies of varying industries and sizes (see their report…
Read MoreWhile some major corporations and regulators in developed markets like the U.S. and U.K. are narrowing in on same-day and near-instantaneous electronic payments, in developing nations, businesses just want to trust that a payment will land where and when it’s supposed to – it doesn’t have to be instant.
Read MoreYet another example of how continual evolution in healthcare is an opportunity for providers as well as solution companies to address specific market needs.
Read MoreWhen it comes to Electronic Payment and Remittance Adoption in the US hospital market, what are the real numbers?
Read MoreRevenues improve and bad debt declines when emphasis is placed on collecting at point of service, leading to an industry-wide emphasis on streamlining that process.
Read MoreI really enjoy gatherings like last month’s BAI Payments Connect Conference because they provide an opportunity to re-engage colleagues interested in new technologies around “the check”… now, where else can you find that???
This year’s event was especially gratifying because Orbograph used the occasion to launch the new OrboAnywhere™ solution…and they recorded my presentation to create a video!
Read MoreIn the interest of equal time – Checks? We love ’em!
Read More“Just because checks have existed since at least 13th century Venice and 19 billion of them were used to pay people and businesses in the U.S. last year doesn’t mean that we should keep them alive. We, as a country, somehow mustered up the courage to move past the horse-and-buggy and 8-track tapes – I think we can dig deep and find it within ourselves as a payments ecosystem to kill the check.”
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