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December 5, 2018

Healthcare Payments

Healthcare Payments’ '30 Pct Of The 30 Pct' Problem

Today, patients are left footing an ever-larger portion of their healthcare bills, leaving providers with an ever-larger portion of unpaid bills for services. Collecting, on average, 30 percent of the 30 percent due for services rendered, John Talaga, CEO of Flywire's OnPlan Health, tells Karen Webster, has forced hospitals and healthcare systems to find new payments tech to stop the bleeding.

 

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Payment Systems

Why The Merchant Countertop Needs A Tech Update

Retailers need to free themselves from the tyranny of the countertop. OK, that’s (slightly) hyperbolic, but the distilled truth is that developments in the point-of-sale world, along with ongoing shifts in consumer behavior, call for more integration for merchant payment systems. That means less focus on confining transactions and related tasks to the retail countertop. Bill Nichols, AEVI’s general manager Americas, armed with new PYMNTS research, breaks it down.

 

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The Matchmaker Is In

Is #donate The First Step To #buy?

Goodworld, with its payments hashtag tech, serves as a bridge between nonprofits and consumers who want to #donate to charity while on social media and other online platforms. As its COO John Gossart explains to Karen Webster in the latest Matchmakers podcast, the tech that supports it points the way toward new forms of commerce and transacting in context. #buy anyone?

 

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mPOS Tracker™

Is mPOS The New Nonprofit Nonoptional?

It’s the season of giving, and that means many consumers are in the spirit to donate to a good cause — without worrying about card fraud. By using mPOS devices, nonprofit orgs can improve payments security, while enabling smooth processing and eliminating long fundraising event lines, says Lisa Hansell, senior manager of development for the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, a nonprofit land trust. In this month’s mPOS Tracker, Hansell explains how the technology boosts donations and protects donors.

 

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