Algorand could soon process up to $800 million in healthcare costs in Bermuda

MAPay, a global healthcare technology firm with a focus on decentralized payment networks, will use Algorand to issue a stablecoin for facilitating over $800 million worth of healthcare-related costs in Bermuda, as per a development this past week.

The firm boasts healthcare partnerships in the US and beyond, and will use Algorand’s blockchain as the backbone for its forthcoming advancements in the healthcare sector.

JUST IN: @mapaycorp announced they will leverage the Algorand #blockchain to transform the #healthcare system in Bermuda, including $800M in payments! Built on Algorand, MAPay’s payment solutions will improve efficiency & greatly reduce healthcare costs ? https://t.co/4TFpHz2dfQ pic.twitter.com/ktzEFilAVo

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Onboarding Algorand

Traditional healthcare payment systems are slow, cumbersome, and riddled with unnecessary expenses. But by using a high-speed blockchain, MAPay aims to create efficiency in the system, across stakeholders like insurance companies, government health providers, and banks.

The collaboration will allow MAPay to provide Bermuda with a country-wide deployment plan to lower transaction costs of healthcare encounters through the MAPay network, which will run on Algorand.

MAPay will also implement a patient-driven data exchange aimed at providing medical interoperability, population health management, and better overall outcomes.

“Our relationship with Algorand is a global game changer in healthcare commerce and data exchange,” said MAPay CEO Michael Dershem. 

Kevin Richards, head of portfolio and investment advisor Bermuda Asset Management (BAM), said that Bermuda’s innovative regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies continues to attract transformational projects.

“[It] places us at the center of what could power a global change in the way healthcare payments are transacted in Bermuda and around the world,” he said in a statement.

At a conference earlier this year, Dershem stated that if global healthcare transaction costs could be reduced by even 10 percent, nearly $1 trillion in capital would be freed up in the world, preferably to be used for providing vaccines in developing geographic regions, access to care in urban health deserts, and orphan drug research instead.

The Algorand blockchain operates at over 1,000TPS and is final in under 5 seconds on a platform that is verified to not fork. And in addition to providing an open, public infrastructure, Algorand’s technology is a high performing Layer-1 that enables immediate transaction finality, security required in the healthcare space, and advanced smart contracts that expand future potential.