Payments
Administrative costs are a major contributor to the healthcare industry’s runaway costs. The industry spends $100 million annually to manage claims processes alone – much of it tied to costly, inefficient and error-prone paper-based processes. A major culprit of all this operational inefficiency is the delivery of payments and explanation of benefits (EOB) information, which arrive as paper most of the time, according to the McKinsey report, “Overhauling the U.S. Healthcare Payment System”.
Read MoreHave you heard the news? Again! ICD-10 is pushed back another year for implementation. Behind the controversy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a tsunami brewing within the healthcare industry. Many were concerned about the overhead and conversion costs, so pressure was building as the deadline was lurking in October 2014. It might have been another “Y2K”, in that proper planning and execution would have mitigated the risks and made the transition more like a little storm rather than a tsunami… but we will never know for 2014.
Read MorePractice management (PMS) software runs the business side of healthcare, from scheduling patients to billing to generating monthly reports. Unlike with electronic health records (EHRs), selecting and overseeing a PM system isn’t typically the physician’s domain. In a large practice, it typically falls on the office manager’s or IT manager’s shoulders.
Read MoreA recent article in the ABA Banking Journal by Chris Nelson, founder and CEO of Zoot Enterprises, highlights two major players, outside the traditional banking payments industry, taking another run at the payments business. Amazon and PayPal have been plotting their strategies on how to continue to build brand awareness and penetrate a greater percentage of payments. Paypal already has an amazing growth curve and its continuing.
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