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

Nacha Announces 2016 Largest Originators & Receivers of ACH Payments HERNDON, Va., April 13, 2017 – Following four consecutive quarters of more than 5 billion electronic payments in each quarter – a first for the ACH Network - overall volume in 2016 amounted to 25.6 billion transactions[1], according to new statistics released today by Nacha — The Electronic Payments Association®. This represents an increase of 5.3 percent over 2015 volume, and is the third consecutive year in which volume grew by a billion transactions or more over the previous year.