by Ben Maisano | Oct 8, 2026 | Blog, Resources, Tendo Marketplace, Tendo Spotlight
Direct-to-employer contracting is changing how employers pay for care, and orthopedics is where the model is proving itself first. When a self-funded employer contracts directly with providers for a defined set of services at a known price, everyone gets...
by Tendo | Sep 30, 2026 | Blog, Resources, Tendo Marketplace, Tendo Spotlight, Webinars
Direct contracting between health systems and employers has been structurally difficult for years — not because either side didn’t want it, but because the transaction infrastructure to support it at scale didn’t exist. A new Tendo Marketplace webinar...
by Ben Maisano | Sep 17, 2026 | Blog, Resources, Tendo Marketplace
Health systems have spent decades optimizing for Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial contracts. The patient balance is now big enough to matter just as much — and it behaves nothing like the payers your revenue cycle was built for. Every health system finance leader...
by Eric Makovsky | Sep 8, 2026 | Blog, Resources, Tendo Marketplace
Direct-to-employer (D2E) contracting has moved from experiment to imperative. Self-insured employers are actively steering employees toward Centers of Excellence and bundled-price specialty care, and the health systems that show up in those networks are the ones...
by Eric Makovsky | Aug 18, 2026 | Blog, Resources, Tendo Marketplace
Most health system executives think of point-of-sale (POS) collection as a billing office fix — a way to shave a little off bad debt. The national numbers say otherwise. POS collections climbed from 22.74% of total patient payments in Q1 2025 to 24.82% in Q1 2026 — a...
by Tendo | Jun 23, 2026 | Blog, News, Press Releases, Resources, Tendo Marketplace
Partnership combines Medefy’s industry-leading member engagement with Tendo’s direct-contract marketplace to deliver a smarter benefits experience at scale. Philadelphia, PA – June 23, 2026 – Tendo, a healthcare technology company powering direct-contract...
by Tendo | May 27, 2026 | Blog, News, Press Releases, Resources, Tendo Marketplace
Partnership brings transparent, bundled procedure pricing to HIPnation’s growing national membership Philadelphia, PA – May 27, 2026 – Tendo, a healthcare technology company, today announced that HIPnation has joined Tendo Marketplace. Offering a level-funded...
by Tendo | May 19, 2026 | Blog, Tendo Marketplace
Webinar Transcript Click to view video transcript The hardest part of getting the care you need shouldn’t be the cost—or wondering if you’re sacrificing quality. But for many people, it is. MDsave was created to change that. It’s part of something bigger—Tendo...
by Ben Maisano | May 5, 2026 | Blog, Tendo Marketplace
As healthcare continues to shift beyond the hospital, ambulatory care is rapidly becoming the fastest-growing segment in the U.S. Ambulatory providers have a significant opportunity to engage in direct-to-employer bundled payment programs as a proven growth...
by Tendo | Apr 29, 2026 | Blog, News, Press Releases, Resources, Tendo Marketplace
Philadelphia, PA – April 29, 2026 – Tendo today announced a new agreement with InfuCare Rx®, a national infusion services provider, to expand access to high-quality, cost-effective infusion therapy through the Tendo Marketplace. Infusion therapy is a major cost driver...
