It’s a trend that started more than a decade ago: Every year there’s a steady climb in the number of ACH healthcare claim payments from insurers to healthcare providers, and the value of those payments. 2025 is no exception, and the figures are impressive.

Nacha has for many years advocated that dental and medical practices receive claim payments by ACH and avoid virtual credit cards (VCCs) and paper checks.

Every day across the U.S., lots of healthcare professionals receive lots of insurance payments, and new Nacha research shows there’s one common thread.

Nacha is forming the Healthcare Payments Advisory Group to advance electronic payment workflows in healthcare.

Dentists are flocking to electronic funds transfer (EFT) for claim payments, with a new report finding a 43% jump in those payments from 2022 to 2023.

It’s a figure that takes a moment to wrap your head around: a 2,556% increase. But that’s just how much healthcare claim payment volume on the ACH Network climbed from 2013 to 2024.

The number of payments and value conducted on the ACH Network.

Florida dentists will soon find it easier to get fee-free EFT claim payments—and reject virtual credit cards (VCCs)—under a new law coming to the Sunshine State.

The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) owns and manages the CORE Operating Rules. The Healthcare EFT Enrollment Rules were just updated to help health claim payments move more efficiently and effectively while

It’s been one of Nacha’s main focuses in recent years: Encouraging healthcare professionals—especially dentists—to receive claim payments by electronic funds transfer, or EFT. There’s new evidence that these efforts are paying off.

A decade-long increase in medical and dental professionals receiving claim payments by EFT continued in 2023.

For more than a decade, Nacha has actively encouraged healthcare providers to move away from checks and receive claim payments by ACH.

Using Healthcare Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for electronic claim payments simplifies accounting and reduces costs while also being HIPAA-compliant.

When healthcare EFT is used with electronic remittance advice (ERA), the healthcare EFT standard can help streamline processes and create cost savings. Find the resources to support the adoption of the EFT Standard and ERA.

Nacha's efforts to get healthcare providers to use ACH for claim payments are paying off, with about 453 million healthcare claims paid by ACH last year, up 6.3% from 2021. 

While ACH is as easy as ABC in the payments world, not everyone knows about the benefits of using electronic payments. That’s where Nacha’s Industry Verticals team comes in.

Presidents typically stand before Congress and proclaim the state of the union to be strong. Michael Herd was looking for a different adjective to describe the ACH State of the Union and came up with the perfect fit: “historic.”

The number of payments and value conducted on the ACH Network.