On today's episode, we discuss how the world of insurance is changing, how claims can be settled in seconds, and how smart sensors can make sure you only pay when you actually drive. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Eleni Digalaki.

More Rx delivery companies are sidestepping insurance with low-cost meds: Sesame Care colaunched an online pharmacy that offers transparently priced and affordable ($5) prescriptions—but it’s not the only Rx delivery player doing this, and it’ll become even more commonplace as the federal gov’t turns up the pressure on pricing transparency rules.

These tasks include patient insurance eligibility, copays, claims submission and management, and billing. R1 RCM uses tech-powered solutions to improve the patient payments experience and optimize financial performance for providers, making sure they don’t lose out on untapped revenues.

Health insurance pricing models. When determining health insurance premiums, payers take population health levels, disease risks, and treatment costs into account—which can be an incredibly complex process, per IBM. Quantum computing can make payers’ risk analysis models more accurate and give them a more “granular” approach than ever before.

Hospital systems and insurance companies are increasingly acquiring primary care practices. (The American Medical Association recently added private equity firms as potential practice owners in its 2020 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey.). Each key stakeholder group—hospitals, insurers, and private equity firms—has its own purpose for acquiring a primary care practice.

Anthem, Humana JV could be a golden distro channel for DTx makers: The payers are developing a cloud-based pharmacy benefits management platform,—we unpack why its pricing transparency feature makes it a good choice for DTx vendors trying to get their therapies on drug formularies.

United Health revealed stellar Q1 earnings—but it’s already catching flak from regulators wary of its aggressive growth trajectory, and it’ll likely see resistance from competitors, too.

Better.com offers proprietary mortgages via a fully digital loan process and access to title and homeowners insurance. Property Partners lets users buy shares in UK property portfolios best suited to their investment goals and earn rental income. Why buy Property Partners? Expand to a new market to entice investors ahead of its SPAC. Better.com will go public later this year via a $7.7 billion SPAC.

Most treatments require prior authorizations to ensure they’ll be covered under a patient’s insurance—but obtaining this greenlight is a drawn-out process that can take up to a month. That’s why AI like Olive’s that electronically streamlines the prior authorization process could be attractive to healthcare execs:.

New insurance features and an added subscription tier could help Monese expand into more profitable lines of business.

Revolut updated its paid accounts with purchase protection and insurance benefits in June. Monese added an Essential tier in September, which comes with reduced fees for international transfers and foreign exchange conversions. Raising Fees on Unpaid Tiers.

A lot of insurance companies—not just Medicare—are really keen on supporting groups like ours, and on supporting independent practices so they don't have to sell to the hospital, health system, or private equity firm. II: In this current environment, how challenging is it to be successful in value-based care?

The incumbent banking giant is teaming up with Simply Business to offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to insurance coverage. Banks are using partners to provide services that boost customer engagement.

eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Merkle’s Brett McTammany, vice president of marketing technology, delivery lead insurance, Amazon Web Services’ Kevin Wall, solutions architect, and AAA Life Insurance’s Jennifer Hart, vice president of direct marketing, and Rafael Mejia, director of analytics and data management. They shared AAA Life’s data modernization story and the business case for adopting a cloud-first data marketing platform.