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More practices adding card-based collections technologies

As patients' out-of-pocket medical expenses continue to rise, so too is medical practices' adoption of card-based technologies that streamline and improve patient collections. According to recent

Weigh pros and cons of ending insurance contracts

The notion of dropping one or more insurance contracts is rich with pros as well as cons for physicians. On the plus side, out-of-network reimbursements generally are higher than contract-negotiated

Prescription sticker shock making some patients sicker

Patients aren't just more selective lately about whether to seek healthcare in the first place; they're also thinking twice about filling their costly prescriptions when they do, reports the Wall