Aetna Selects Burlington Based Company to Help Enable Next Generation of Consumer Offerings

Burlington-based HealthEdge®, provider of the only integrated financial, administrative and clinical platform for healthcare payors, Tuesday announced the HealthRules® product suite was selected by leading diversified healthcare benefits company Aetna (NYSE: AET) to change the way that healthcare is evaluated, purchased and delivered as part of Aetna’s effort to transform the healthcare system.

“From the beginning, we designed HealthRules with a 21st century vision of healthcare in mind,” said Rob Gillette, CEO of HealthEdge in a press release issued Tuesday. “We believe that Aetna’s and HealthEdge’s alignment around this shared vision creates a unique opportunity to transform healthcare in America.”

HealthEdge’s HealthRules® product suite, which combines health management and health care technologies, was selected for its ability to provide flexible product and benefit designs, network configurations and real-time claims processing.

“The HealthEdge technology connects consumers, providers and payors through its administrative platform,” said Aetna Vice President of Customer Service Operations, Teresa Wankum. “We are excited about the possibilities HealthEdge provides Aetna to support new marketplace opportunities like private exchanges and automate manual business processes as we work to deliver solutions to consumers that are affordable, convenient and enabled by technology.”

HealthEdge provides an integrated financial, administrative and clinical platform for healthcare payors. The HealthRules® product suite is powered by the HealthRules Language™, a patented, English-like healthcare-specific grammar.