Self-pay collections are the process that healthcare providers use to collect payment directly from patients for services not covered by insurance or other third-party payer

Most patient billing problems don’t start with errors. They start with confusion.Confusion over why you’re receiving a $287 bill two months after payi...

Medicaid enrollment automation is having a moment. Not just for its potential to reduce administrative work, but because it’s helping catch the patien...

Every year, healthcare leaders engage in forecasting — often cautiously, sometimes conservatively. This year, I wanted to understand what experts real...

For five years, a New York gig worker went without coverage. Inconsistent jobs and unpredictable income kept insurance out of reach, so he skipped car...

Imagine a patient who was on Medicaid last week. This week, they’re on a marketplace plan with a $15,000 deductible.Would you treat that account as “c...

When Katie H. was diagnosed with breast cancer, the physical and emotional toll was overwhelming enough. But there was another challenge she hadn’t anticipated: the crushing financial burden of her treatment.

Add this to the pile of “2025 is the year of the forward deployed engineer (FDE)” takes. But rather than telling you it’s happening and why, we’re going to show exactly what it looks like in practice.

As engineers, we are writing and reviewing more code than ever, especially with AI accelerating development speed. At Cedar, we have found that one of...

As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), I’m constantly looking for ways to streamline processes and give teams back valuable time. One of the biggest ti...

After more than a decade of delays, Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment cuts finally took effect in October 1, 2025. TheOne Big Bea...

The 2025 reconciliation bill, known as theOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), includes nearly a trillion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade. For he...

If we’ve learned anything about patient payments, it’s that there are a lot of forces at play: inflation,Medicaid disenrollments,system outages, even...

In a previous role at a North Carolina health system, Anthony Cunningham would visit local churches to share financial assistance policy updates. Not because patients couldn’t find the information themselves. It was about meeting them where they were.

Earlier this year, our CEO Florian Otto reflected on the privilege of gathering dozens of healthcare executives at our annual CEO Council in Napa Valley. It was a rare chance for candid dialogue—and a reminder of how meaningful change starts with honest conversations among industry leaders.

Healthcare is often compared to industries that digitized years ago—banking, travel, retail. And while there’s plenty healthcare can learn from their...

Together with The Health Management Academy (THMA), Cedar + THMA hosted the Spring 2023 Consumer Co-Lab to have a candid conversation with Leading Health Systems (LHS) to explore the current – and future – state of consumerism.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, shortens Medicaid retroactive coverage starting December 31, 2026. Expansion adults w...

Bad debt.It’s become the bogeyman of revenue cycle management—haunting dashboards, driving decisions, and distorting the truth about patient financial...