Health insurer Highmark Inc. and associated healthcare system Allegheny Health Network, based in Pittsburgh, will be the first to launch a payer-provider patient billing platform from healthcare billing company Cedar.
With the Payer Intelligence Layer, Cedar can integrate data from health insurers and providers to help create a single source of information for patients managing medical bills, according to a Nov. 1 news release from Cedar.
The platform is designed to allow patients to access insurance explanations of benefits, real-time deductible status and health benefit accounts in the same place where they view and resolve medical bills, according to the release.