Professionals with any experience in fields related to health care are aware that mixing business and quality care is a delicate balance. In these settings, patients are vulnerable and very much focused on seeking help and treatment. These are scenarios where the “submerged payment” can be a best practice for health care specialists. Submerged Payments are a set of technologies from OpenEdge that decreases the intrusiveness of paying for services. Consider a typical patient visit in which, at some point during the visit, billing and collections must enter the conversation. It’s invasive and awkward. Submerged technologies reduce this discontinuity through payment features such as: