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3 Reasons to Accept Patient Payments Via Apple Pay & Google Pay

The TrustCommerce platform delivers innovative payment options to our clients, especially in the healthcare space. That’s why we are proud to announce our ability to support Apple Pay and Google Pay payments through our MyChart integration. It’s no secret that patients have been responsible for greater out-of-pocket costs over the past several years, largely due […]

Why You Should Pay Attention to Buy Now Pay Later Programs

By Curtis Bauer, Chief Innovation Officer of Sphere There has been much buzz about Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) programs. While you might think it doesn’t relate to your payment experience, here’s why you should pay attention. BNPL is where a consumer can make a medium-to-high price purchase now in exchange for fixed installment financing for […]

3 Things to Consider When Choosing an Integrated Payments Partner

As a software vendor, you’re always looking for ways to improve the customer experience. In addition to that, increasing revenue is top of mind. There is a way to do both by choosing an integrated payments partner. With the right payments partner, you can provide your customers with smart, simple and secure payment solutions, and […]

Reducing Patients’ Financial Stress with Healthcare Payments Price Transparency

There are no doubt innumerable sources of stress in most Americans’ lives, but medical providers have an opportunity to reduce at least one of them: surprise medical costs. Over the years, numerous consumer surveys have illustrated the strong connection between medical expenses and patient stress and anxiety. Research by Access One found that 37% of […]

Better Patient Engagement a Hot Topic at HIMSS22

Better patient engagement, labor shortages, and more key takeaways from HIMSS22.

3 Questions with Curtis Bauer, Chief Innovation Officer

We recently sat down with Curtis Bauer, Chief Innovation Officer of Sphere, to explore the changing landscape of payments. In this Q&A, he touches on consumer payment experience and preferences, the need for efficiency, and how the future of point-of-sale is here. Q1: What are some ways the payments landscape has shifted to digital in […]

Extending Your Payments Reach Beyond the EHR

Explore the Advantages of a Centralized Payments Platform Health systems rely on their electronic health records (EHR) systems such as Epic to serve as the backbone of the patient care they deliver–supporting clinical, operational and revenue cycle workflows. Patients are seeking a better healthcare experience and their expectations are changing. Adopting new APIs and digital […]

4 Factors Healthcare ISVs Should Consider When Choosing a Payments Platform

Independent software providers (ISVs) in the healthcare space need payments partners that understand the rapidly changing healthcare payments landscape as well as the unique complexities of the medical billing process. In contrast with other businesses with more straightforward invoicing and billing practices, healthcare systems and providers are challenged with balances depending on the patient’s health […]

Allow Patient Appointment Requests from Anywhere at Any Time

Patient self-service scheduling tools are an increasingly important patient engagement option that enables medical practices to cater to consumer convenience while boosting efficiency and freeing staff to focus on more important patient-facing activities. To this end, TrustCommerce is proud to announce the addition of self-scheduling capabilities to its industry-leading Health iPASS platform. The new functionality […]