The health insurance crisis is causing just as many problems for providers as for patients.

With the rise of the value-based model in healthcare, providers are turning to healthcare technology for aide.

A Persistent Market Research report shows that claims management solutions will continue to dominate until at least 2025. That is, as long as these solutions can outpace the factors affecting their demand: cyber security and ROI worries.

The explosion of the RCM software market in recent years has led to worries about keeping patients’ data secure. One speaker at HIMSS19 even went so far as to say that cybersecurity should be a revenue cycle management key performance indicator (KPI).

Why Should Banks Enter the Healthcare Sector with Medical Lending? JPMorgan Chase just made its biggest buy since 2009 with the $500 million acquisition of InstaMed, a medical payment technology company. This isn’t the first time the bank has shown interest in the health care industry and it certainly won’t be the last.

According to an April press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of measles in the US is at an all-time high. This, after its apparent eradication in 2000.

In 2017, patients spent $365.5 billion on out-of-pocket medical bills. And that doesn’t account for the thousands of dollars in uncollected patient debts.

Revenue cycle management tools are among Deloitte’s top 10 innovations in healthcare.

Poor employee well being is associated with a higher prevalence of medical errors. It’s no wonder then that healthcare providers are looking for ways to improve employee morale.

High costs have become emblematic of the American healthcare system. From compensating surgeons for long, complex procedures to fees for tests and administrative processes to the cost of simply staying overnight in a hospital, it’s not hard to rack up a heart-stopping bill, especially if a patient requires intensive medical care. As a healthcare provider, you may have seen for yourself how many people will delay or refuse care because of the expense. A fair, reliable health credit service like the Epic River Patient Lending program can give you the opportunity to help your patients stay healthy, both physically and financially.