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CareCredit Joins Epic App Orchard to Offer Patient Financing SolutionCOSTA MESA, Calif., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CareCredit, a Synchrony (NYSE:SYF) solution and a leading provider of promotional financing for healthcare consumers, today announced CareCredit's Patient Financing app is now available in the Epic App Orchard. The CareCredit Patient Financing app allows health systems and providers using Epic's MyChart to offer patients flexible, convenient and easy payment options. More than 12 million CareCredit cardholders already appreciate having flexible financing for healthcare. The CareCredit Patient Financing app allows health systems using Epic's MyChart to offer patients easy payment options. "The CareCredit Patient Financing app makes CareCredit's more than three decades of innovation, medical financing and caring customer service available to hundreds of healthcare organizations using Epic," said Shannon Burke, general manager, health systems, CareCredit. "This technology integration is designed as more than a tool for responsible lending – it can help providers improve revenue cycle management and reduce debt risk with no additional effort required of staff following the initial interation." When a health system implements the CareCredit Patient Financing app from App Orchard, CareCredit cardholders can pay copays, deductibles and medical bills not covered by insurance. The patient simply enters their payment information and selects a financing option with convenient monthly payments to fit their budget. "As consumers assume more financial responsibility for their healthcare, CareCredit has evolved beyond elective care and now supports patients by enabling them to pay for non-elective medical bills and routine medical care. The CareCredit Patient Financing App gives patients a convenient way to pay healthcare costs while also helping health services and hospital providers run efficient, financially healthy organizations," said Erin Gadhavi, senior vice president, strategy and initiatives, CareCredit. CareCredit's Patient Financing App is in compliance with HIPAA- and PCI- standards, as well as OAuth 2.0 authentication protocols. The platform is accessible through both desktop and mobile devices. The CareCredit Patient Financing app is now available to all Epic users in the App Orchard. To learn more or to access the CareCredit Patient Financing app, please visit AppOrchard.com. About CareCredit About Synchrony Synchrony is changing what's possible through our digital capabilities, deep industry expertise, actionable data insights, frictionless customer experience and customized financing solutions. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com and Twitter: @Synchrony. Epic, MyChart and App Orchard are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Systems Corporation. Media Contact: View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carecredit-joins-epic-app-orchard-to-offer-patient-financing-solution-301257810.html SOURCE Synchrony |