More immediately, there is the question of additional relief to individuals and businesses who are suffering economically as a result of COVID-19 including billers and practices. While the relief plan stalled leading up to the election, the political pressure will be enormous for Democrats and Republicans to get some plan passed prior to the new presidential term.

In recent years Dottie and her team were unable to continue serving their practices as well as they intended. As the CEO of Prestige, Dottie truly felt like her reputation was at risk. Due to the inefficiencies of Prestige’s current patient payment software, Dottie’s clients were unable to take full advantage of the payment collections process without any headaches. Feeling frustrated, Dottie tried to remain strong and forge ahead with excellent service to her clients.

Today, Inbox Health, the patient communication platform for medical billers, released a new integrated product, Mailbox, which allows billing companies and practices to digitize patient mail while automating the deposit and posting of check payments. This product helps practices get paid faster and eliminates overhead around physically handling paper checks and other mailed correspondence.

One of the indirect health costs of the COVID-19 pandemic is that fear of infection has caused many patients to delay non-COVID-19 related healthcare visits. Stay-at-home orders in many States and, in the case of millions of newly unemployed Americans, the loss of healthcare coverage, have resulted in the postponement (or, in some cases, avoidance) of treatment.