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Medical device makers influence surgeons with billions in payments

The relationship between spine and joint surgeons and medical device manufacturers is coming under increased scrutiny as the former has received billions in payments from the latter in recent years. Medical device makers have paid $ 3.1 billion to orthopedic and neurosurgeons from 2013 to 2019, based on data from the federal government website OpenPayments,… Read More »

Efficient hospitals operate on -2% margins in Medicare payments, MedPAC reports

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that payments in 2020 to acute care hospitals increase by 2 percent instead of the 2.8 percent expected under current law, and that the remaining .8 percent be used as a financial reward under a single quality incentive program. In also recommending that hospitals keep the money assessed… Read More »

Onfido partners with BitPay to power secure payments in Bitcoin

BitPay enables Onfido to accept payment in Bitcoin, helping deliver identity verification services to more of the world’s unbanked New partnership also sees Onfido deliver AI-based KYC to largest global crypto payments provider January 23, 2019, San Francisco: Onfido, the award-winning global identity verification platform, today announced a partnership with BitPay to accept payment in… Read More »