Payments in Healthcare
Implementing a payments strategy that fits your organization’s needs while following strict industry requirements can be a challenge, but the right partner can help you answer key questions and make data-driven decisions.
Healthcare organizations must effectively navigate complex payments ecosystems.
Organizations must build long-term, scalable solutions.
On top of the complexities of payments, organizations must also thoroughly understand and manage their strategy within an ever-changing industry — dealing with external factors like:
- Regulatory Mandates
- Escalating Costs
- Data-Privacy Rules (HIPAA, etc.)
- Economic Changes
- An Aging Population
- Evolving & Modernizing Patient Preferences
- Increasing Numbers of Uninsured Patients
How We Can Help
Glenbrook can help answer questions like:
How do we optimize our payments acceptance strategy?
What should we outsource vs. take on in-house?
What organizational structure and capabilities best support our goals?
What are industry trends that may impact our payments strategy?
What is the role of B2B networks in healthcare?
What payment methods should we accept? Where can we leverage virtual cards?
How do we manage such a large roster of suppliers?
What vendors could we work with, and which ones should we work with?
How do we optimize payments sending strategy?
Our Clients
Large Practices
Large Hospitals
Claims Clearing Houses
Insurance Associations
Insurance Providers and Other Payers
Related Services
Research
Product Strategy
Market Analysis
Training / Education
Healthcare Case Studies
Resources
Articles
Glenbrook shares our perspectives on activities in the industry.
The Missing Context Layer in Agentic Commerce: Part 3
Glenbrook’s Drew Edmond explores the specific implications for the payments and agentic commerce industry: how discovery changes when agents mediate it, how payment selection shifts upstream, how merchants need to prepare differently across categories, and who ultimately controls the agent layer.
The Missing Context Layer in Agentic Commerce: Part 2
Glenbrook’s Drew Edmond examines why the agent’s role in agentic commerce varies significantly by purchase category, where the context layer is being built today, and how far along it actually is.
The Missing Context Layer in Agentic Commerce: Part 1
Glenbrook’s Drew Edmond discusses the critical role of a persistent, cross-application context layer, ideally provided at the operating system level, in enabling the envisioned future of agentic commerce where AI agents can proactively and intelligently assist consumers in transactions.
Podcasts
Glenbrook speaks with industry leaders to share a variety of perspectives on the latest payments trends and activities.
Episode 294 – Zelle’s Evolution in the Payments Landscape, with Preston McCaskill, Early Warning Services
In this episode, Russ Jones welcomes Preston McCaskill, COO for Zelle, an open loop fast payments network owned and operated by Early Warning Services, to discuss the network’s growth, settlement process and alias directory, and expanding use cases.
Episode 293 – Unlocking Merchant Growth in Emerging Markets, with João Del Valle, EBANX
In this episode, Drew Edmond is joined by João Del Valle, CEO and co-founder of EBANX, to talk about the origin story of EBANX, why Brazil has historically been such a difficult market for non-Brazilian merchants, and what João has learned as the company has expanded into new regions.
Listen in as they cover some of the biggest topics shaping the next phase of global payments, including Pix and Pix Automático in Brazil, payment optimization when looking at local payment methods, and perspectives on agentic commerce and stablecoins.
Episode 292 – Modern Authentication and the Impact on Payments Cost and Performance, with Amandeep Batra, Stripe and Dewald Nolte, Entersekt
In this follow-up conversation, Chris Uriarte welcomes back Amandeep Batra from Stripe and Dewald Nolte from Entersekt to discuss updated research and analysis on 3-D Secure and tokenization and to explore how authentication and tokenization interact in practice across different regulatory environments.
News
Glenbrook objectively curates the news to keep you abreast of important daily headlines in payments.
OQC, JPMorganChase and AMD Commence Research Collaboration to Develop New Quantum-AI Platform in London
"OQC, JPMorganChase and AMD today announced a research collaboration leveraging a new and dedicated Quantum-AI Data Centre, built by OQC in London. JPMorganChase researchers will test near-term quantum and hybrid quantum-classical computing applications via a secure...
Colorado Bill To Cut Sales Tax from Interchange Calculation Vetoed
"Colorado’s SB 26-134, a bill that would have eliminated sales tax as part of the interchange-fee calculation, has been vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis. SB 26-134, similar to the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, would have taken effect Jan. 1, 2028, had Polis...
Visa And Mastercard Collaborate On New Stablecoin Platform
"Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard are reportedly close to introducing a new stablecoin platform. Media reports say that global payment network Stripe and U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: $COIN) also plan to participate in the stablecoin...
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