PYMNTS.com July 23, 2019
Slowly but steadily, healthcare is becoming more mobile about payments, and that trend – a very long time in coming – appears to have picked up steam in recent months. And, taken one step further, recent activity along those lines is helping to prepare the healthcare industry as a whole – not only for payments, but also for the arrival of 5G mobile network technology.
At least that’s a plausible conclusion when considering recent news involving Anthem Inc., among other companies that are active in the massive healthcare industry. The healthcare insurance provider recently launched a payments app designed to enable consumers to use their smartphones to schedule and pay for medical visits, get diagnoses...