This week, Change Healthcare unveiled Member Healthcare Payments, a consumer payment solution that enables health plans to display consolidated patient financial information in a single destination, and empower consumers to better understand and manage their healthcare finances. Additionally, Member Healthcare Payments helps health plans better support providers by collecting patient payments, which can eliminate the provider's need to collect those payments.The first health plan to utilize
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Cedar Raises $36M for Modern Patient Financial Management Platform
Cedar, the patient financial management platform for hospitals, health systems and independent medical groups, today announced a Series B fundraising round of $36 million, led by the global investment company Kinnevik. Participants in the round include existing investors Founders Fund and Thrive Capital, as well as Lakestar, Sound Ventures, Kevin Systrom of Instagram and Nat Turner of Flatiron Health. Cedar plans to use the funding to further invest in the next generation of its innovative
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Methodist Health Systems Taps VisitPay for Patient’s Financial Experience Platform
Methodist Health System in Dallas has selected VisitPay to deploy its market-leading, cloud-based patient financial experience platform. The solution will provide Methodist patients with a simplified billing experience and more flexible financing options tailored to their specific needs. Through VisitPay, patients will have access to a Methodist-branded portal that displays a comprehensive accounting of their financial responsibilities. This helps patients understand what they owe and provides
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Simplee Nabs $20M to Scale the Modern Patient Financial Experience
Israeli financial healthcare technology startup Simplee, today announced it has raised $20 million in Series C funding led by Social Capital, with participation from existing investors 83North and Heritage Group, and new investor American Express Ventures. Founded in 2010 by CEO Tomer Shoval, COO Roberto Rabinovich, and CTO Tom Tsarfati, Simplee offers providers a financial engagement platform that engages patients with a unified experience across the healthcare journey. From pre-service to
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