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Diagnosis Digital: eChecks Help Improve Healthcare Provider Cash Flows

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Trillions of dollars in healthcare spend can be sped up and streamlined with a pivot toward eChecks. As for the paper checks themselves, even in the 21st century: They can account for as much as 40 percent of all medical claim payment transactions and 88 percent of all dental claim payments. The Mechanics .

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Today In Payments: InsurTech Lemonade To Go Public; Affirm Unveils High-Yield Savings Account

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In today’s top news, insurance tech startup Lemonade filed an IPO, and Affirm launched a high-yield savings account. JMP Securities, Oppenheimer & Co. JMP Securities, Oppenheimer & Co. Affirm Unveils High-Yield Savings Account. Affirm has debuted a high-yield savings account called Affirm Savings.

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Digital Healthcare Faces Hurdles, But The Push Continues

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Digital technology is changing healthcare, from recordkeeping to disbursements, but the move away from analog is a journey that involves significant hurdles. Designed to cut “red tape” from healthcare, the initiative seeks to reduce the amount of documentation produced by doctors. In the $3.5

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Deep Dive: Securing Digital Identities Without Relying On Passwords

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Tighter security and authentication methods for digital IDs are necessary to lessen the magnitude of these breaches, and hopefully stop them entirely. . A recent PYMNTS study found that passwords are the most common authentication method used by financial services, eCommerce and healthcare companies. Selfies in the name of security.

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FAO flourish during the pandemic

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Finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) buyers are increasingly open to third-party support for complex, judgment-intensive processes, and digital solutions; providers are further differentiating themselves with talent strategies, governance models and ESG initiatives. FAO providers prepping for growth.

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Simplifying The B2B Cybersecurity Shopping Experience

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Traditional channels for choosing the right security solutions include searching through hundreds of companies on Google, attending trade shows and conferences or dealing with constant cold calls and cold emails from security company sales reps,” said Armistead Whitney , CEO of Apptega , which recently launched CyberXchange.

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Blockchain Gets A Nod In The Isle Of Man

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As had been reported, the project, which traces its genesis to 2017, would have let customers send and receive funds across virtual accounts. Facebook, for its part, said in a statement that, “like many other companies, Facebook is exploring ways to leverage the power of blockchain technology. We don’t have anything further to share.”