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Waystar Acquires eSolutions, an Industry Leader in Revenue Cycle & Medicare Analytics

Cision PR Newswire | August 13, 2020

Waystar, a leading provider of healthcare payments software, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire eSolutions, a revenue cycle technology company with unique Medicare-specific solutions. In bringing these two industry leaders together, Waystar will be the first technology to unite both commercial and government payers onto a single payments platform. Founded in 1999, eSolutions' technology maximizes revenue collection, accelerates cash flow, and reduces administrative burden across numerous sites of care. The company has over 6,000 payer connections and maintains a powerful and growing data set of billions of transactions Medicare has become the largest payer in the United States and as baby boomers age, the mix of insurance coverage is increasingly shifting to Medicare. Historically, providers have had to leverage two different systems – one to handle commercial claims, and another to handle Medicare. For healthcare providers, leveraging a single, end-to-end platform to manage both private and government payments solves a major pain point and creates significant efficiencies, freeing up time to deliver care.

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Most of us did not pay a monthly Part A premium in 2018, and those of us who did paid up to $422 on average every month. In 2019, average monthly Part A premiums will increase to $437.
When it comes to your Part A hospital inpatient deductible, youll be paying $1,364 for each benefit period, up from $1,340 in 2018. For the first 60 days in the hospital, your insurance co-pay will remain at $0, but after that you can expect costs to increase. For days 61 to 90, daily coinsurance will be $341 per day during each benefit period. After 91 days, your coinsurance for each lifetime reserve day will be $682. This figure applies for up to 60 days over the course of your life, and youll still be responsible for all costs if you exceed your maximum number of lifetime reserve days.

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Medicare Costs at a Glance

Most of us did not pay a monthly Part A premium in 2018, and those of us who did paid up to $422 on average every month. In 2019, average monthly Part A premiums will increase to $437.
When it comes to your Part A hospital inpatient deductible, youll be paying $1,364 for each benefit period, up from $1,340 in 2018. For the first 60 days in the hospital, your insurance co-pay will remain at $0, but after that you can expect costs to increase. For days 61 to 90, daily coinsurance will be $341 per day during each benefit period. After 91 days, your coinsurance for each lifetime reserve day will be $682. This figure applies for up to 60 days over the course of your life, and youll still be responsible for all costs if you exceed your maximum number of lifetime reserve days.

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