Medicine is a serious business, as is saving on medicine. For that reason, we present the PYMNTS Provider Rankings of Prescription Apps monthly to gauge the apps helping consumers afford pricey remedies. For what is normally a quiet ranking, we’ve got some changes to discuss this time...
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 medical care, and hospitals can struggle to keep the lights on when bill payments trickle in slowly. These were significant...
If there’s one overarching focus of life during the coronavirus pandemic, boiled down, it would be focusing on the essentials — ordered online and delivered to the doorstep, with minimal touch points. The shift from offline to online commerce across all manner of activities that...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a drone? CVS Health Corp. and the United Parcel Service (UPS) will deliver prescription medications by drone to a Florida retirement community starting in May, the companies announced in a press release Monday (April 27). The first...
May 05, 2020
If there’s one overarching focus of life during the coronavirus pandemic, boiled down, it would be focusing on the essentials — ordered online and delivered to the doorstep, with minimal touch points. The shift from offline to online commerce across all manner of activities that once took place largely in person, in brick-and-mortar settings will […]
September 26, 2019
The real power of AI, Mastercard SVP and Head of Brighterion, Sudhir Jha told Karen Webster, is in offering solutions that dynamically respond to risks as they appear, without inserting...
August 30, 2023
GoodRx says it wants to offer health professionals greater insights into their patients’ insurance coverage. The digital prescription platform on Wednesday (Aug. 30) announced the debut of “real-time benefit check” for its Provider Mode tool. Created in partnership with AssistRx, the therapy initiation and patient solutions provider, real-time benefit check offers healthcare professionals immediate access to eligible […]
April 27, 2020
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a drone? CVS Health Corp. and the United Parcel Service (UPS) will deliver prescription medications by drone to a Florida retirement community...
June 03, 2019
Groupon Co-founder Eric Lefkofsky’s new company has raised another $200 million in funding. Tempus announced the new financing at a value of $3.1 billion. Founded in 2015, the company has...
December 13, 2018
Kroger has launched the Rx Savings Club, which aims to significantly reduce the cost of prescription drugs for customers across the country. The program adds to the retailer’s Wellness Your...
