While the current national emergency is impacting daily life and business operations, the ACH Network is operating normally. Using ACH payments can provide some assistance during this difficult time.

Dr. Sara Stuefen is a big fan of EFT payments. She knows they're quick and convenient. And insurance companies that try to make her take a Virtual Credit Card learn this dentist won't stand for it. 

Why does Northern Virginia dentist Dr. Amy Adair like electronic claim payments via ACH? And what happened when an insurer tried sending virtual credit cards? Nacha's case study shows why EFT payments is the way to go for healthcare professionals.

Doctors are overwhelmingly receiving claim payments using Direct Deposit by ACH, but dentists still have a lot of work to do, the new 2019 CAQH Index finds.

Nacha continues to work diligently with key partners in both the Healthcare and Dental industries. Second quarter 2019 Healthcare EFT transactions via ACH were up 9.4 million over the same quarter in 2018, which is a 12.8% increase.

After a day of filling cavities and fitting crowns, your dentist is entitled to be paid, and the easiest way is to make the entire claims process electronic.

After a day of filling cavities and fitting crowns, your dentist is entitled to be paid.

The healthcare industry has been quickly moving to electronic claim payments in recent years, but there are still significant “pain points” that need to be addressed, a senior Nacha official told a federal advisory panel. Since the Nacha “CCD+Addenda” was designated as the healthcare EFT standard in January 2012 its adoption has been “robust,” said Michael Herd, Nacha senior vice president, ACH Network Administration. “Measured by the number of payments, its use has more than doubled since 2014,” the first full year of use after the effective date, Herd said in written comments to the Nation

The healthcare industry has been quickly moving to electronic claim payments in recent years, but there are still significant “pain points” that need to be addressed, a senior Nacha official told a federal advisory panel. Since the Nacha “CCD+Addenda” was designated as the healthcare EFT standard in January 2012 its adoption has been “robust,” said Michael Herd, Nacha senior vice president, ACH Network Administration. “Measured by the number of payments, its use has more than doubled since 2014,” the first full year of use after the effective date, Herd said in written comments to the Nation