Paytient Blog

When medical bills go unpaid, those low payment rates have ripple effects that eventually circle back to employers in the form of higher insurance premiums. Here’s what employers can do about it.

We’re excited to announce the debut of Paytient’s first podcast, Explanation of Benefits. This podcast is designed to shed light on topics of interest to everyone from employers and HR leaders to benefits advisors, brokers, and everyday folks who want to become better-educated consumers of care.

Dr. Jay Moore, chief clinical officer at Paytient, sits down with Chris Labrecque, president of the Employee Benefits Group at Insurance Office of America, to discuss employee engagement and benefits. He advocates for a unique approach to employee engagement that reduces risk for the employer while also helping with employee healthcare benefit expenses.

Why is healthcare so expensive in the U.S.? Many folks assume soaring prescription prices and expensive medical services are behind the rising costs of healthcare, but the actual answer might surprise you. Read on to learn more about healthcare costs.

People delay seeking healthcare for a wide variety of reasons — based on everything from financial concerns to convenience — but those delays come with a cost. In this post, we try to illustrate the potential savings of resolving payment-related delays in care for a commercially insured population.

Rising inflation and interest rates have caused buy now, pay later programs to become fixtures of the retail space. Let’s take a closer look at how applying this approach to healthcare can help consumers better access and afford the care they need.