disbursements

Today In Payments: Starbucks Offers Leave Of Absence For Baristas; Western Union Eyes Buying MoneyGram
Today In Payments: Starbucks Offers Leave Of Absence For Baristas; Western Union Eyes Buying MoneyGram
June 02, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Starbucks offers a leave of absence option to employees impacted by reduced café hours, and Western Union makes a takeover offer...

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Deep Dive: Modernizing Patients’ Reimbursements, Discounts
Deep Dive: Modernizing Patients’ Reimbursements, Discounts
June 02, 2020  |  Disbursements

Financial pains are all too common for patients and service providers in the healthcare industry. Patients can struggle to afford the high costs associated with...

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The Machine Learning Fix For Healthcare Disbursement Delays
The Machine Learning Fix For Healthcare Disbursement Delays
June 02, 2020  |  Disbursements

Financial institutions (FIs), businesses and healthcare providers are adjusting their operations to suit the new reality that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. Healthcare provideers, for...

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The Painful State Of Patient Reimbursements
The Painful State Of Patient Reimbursements
June 01, 2020  |  Disbursements

U.S. patients were notoriously overburdened by healthcare costs even before pandemic-related job losses added new financial strains. These high costs and long reimbursement waits often...

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The Future Of Payments Beyond The Pandemic
The Future Of Payments Beyond The Pandemic
June 01, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Physicist Niels Bohr — or maybe it was ballplayer Yogi Berra — once said predictions are hard, especially the ones about the future. Any sudden...

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How Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients’ Payment Pain Points
How Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients’ Payment Pain Points
May 29, 2020  |  Disbursements

The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic turned a...

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CVS Returns $43M In Provider Relief Funds
CVS Returns $43M In Provider Relief Funds
May 20, 2020  |  Disbursements

CVS Health has agreed to return $43.3 million in payments it received through the CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund, Fox Business reported. In a letter...

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How To Make Instant Payments Ubiquitous
How To Make Instant Payments Ubiquitous
May 19, 2020  |  Faster Payments

The U.S. consumer has literally thousands of options for financial services given that America has traditional banks, credit unions and FinTech challenger banks of all...

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Treasury: 4 Million IRS Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid Debit Card
Treasury: 4 Million IRS Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid Debit Card
May 18, 2020  |  Disbursements

The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS are planning to send out around 4 million Economic Impact Payments (EIP) via Visa prepaid debit cards rather...

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