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epay is expanding its partnership with Asklepios, one of the largest private clinic groups in Germany.
Thanks to a new, far-reaching contract extensions, the roughly 170 facilities in the clinic group Asklepios (with the RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG and MEDICLIN AG) will have access to the entire range of services from the full-service payment provider epay.
Martinsried/Germany, February 28, 2024.epay, a leading full-service provider for payment and prepaid solutions, is expanding its partnership with Asklepios, one of the largest private clinic groups in Germany. Around 170 facilities and more than 3.5 million patients per year will benefit from the entire range of epay payment services. With a broader framework agreement, both various classic and alternative payment methods will be available to the locations and their patients. With epay, Asklepios receives all payment services from a single source – this means a significant reduction in complexity for the entire group, the individual locations, the patients and employees.
The Asklepios group includes Asklepios clinics, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, and the MEDICLIN AG. As a company group, Asklepios covers the entire spectrum of medical services: Besides maximum, primary, regular, and tertiary care, the group has two university hospitals and numerous specialized clinics for particular disciplines. Thanks to the comprehensive framework agreement, every organization in the group can now access epay’s entire service portfolio.
„By expanding the partnership, Asklepios gets payment processing from a single source, allowing it to further digitalize and streamline many processes, reduce costs, and thereby conserve resources. With our wide range of payment processing services, we are offering the clinic group the opportunity to standardize and harmonize important basic processes across locations. At the same time, the Asklepios locations will become even more attractive for patients thanks to the availability of popular payment options,“
– Jan Ruebel,
Sales Director Payment at epay
More attractive for patients: broad selection of payment methods
At the approximately 170 Asklepios, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, and MEDICLIN AG, patients can now settle invoices with popular alternative payment solutions as well as classic electronic payment methods. These include PayPal, WeChat, Alipay+, and further payments via QR code, which are specially geared towards the needs and habits of international patients. As part of the partnership, epay is also taking on the payment processing for some parking facilities and parking ticket machines and is harmonizing internal payment processes (e.g. network operation and acquiring) in the background.
More about epay’s payment solutions here https://epay.de/en/payment/.
About Asklepios
Asklepios Kliniken is one of the leading private operators of hospitals and healthcare centers in Germany. The clinic group is synonymous with highly qualified care for its patients combined with a clear commitment to medical quality, innovation, and social responsibility. On this basis, Asklepios has evolved dynamically since its founding over 35 years ago. The group currently has around 170 healthcare facilities across Germany. These include emergency hospitals for all levels of care, university hospitals, specialist clinics, psychiatric and forensic facilities, rehabilitation clinics, care homes, and medical care centers. In the 2022 financial year, more than 3.5 million patients were treated at facilities belonging to the Asklepios group. The company has over 67,000 employees.
About epay
epay, a segment of Euronet, Inc. (NASDAQ:EEFT), is a leading global provider of payment processing and prepaid solutions that processed more than 3.8 billion transactions in 2023. The company has built an extensive network of retailer touchpoints with 821,000 point-of-sale terminals in 63 countries that connects brands with consumers all over the world. The company offers a diverse ecosystem of services, products and solutions supporting the distribution of Payment and Branded Payments for more than 1,000 brand partners via Commerce, eCommerce and mCommerce solutions. For more information visit www.epayworldwide.com.
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