Brad Tinnermon News Today

Cedar recently launched a new set of features to bring the disconnected ecosystem of healthcare entities together and make billing easier to understand for patients. Pittsburgh-based payer Highmark Health and its health system, Allegheny Health Network, are the first customers to implement the product, which Cedar dubbed its “payer intelligence layer."

Banner|Aetna — the Arizona health plan owned by Banner Health and Aetna — rolled out a new frictionless billing program. It is designed to minimize confusion among members by combining billing information from both the provider and payer.