My daughter is at her UC right now and she is sick. We did not take the UC insurance as we already have insurance. She did not know where to go to find a doctor. I asked her to download the app, type visit in the search bar and select emergency visit minor problem and a list of doctors appeared with a map so she could select the closest. From the app she could call check insurance coverage and get an appointment.
Cool idea. I can see why you'd want this to be an app—you want the person to take a photo of their bill to contribute back to the database, and make it more accurate for everyone.
My question is--what data set are you using to bootstrap your prices?
We have data compiled from billions of claims that will give you the average price for each one of the 10,000 medical procedures in every zip code. We are also launching a campaign for all users to contribute medical cost information that they receive in their explanation of benefits (you know, the paper that says “this is not a bill”): with the FairCare app, you can just snap a picture of the document, our app will help you remove all your personal information, and then upload it. With everybody’s help, we will be able to uncover prices that each doctor, hospital and lab charges for medical procedures.
All I could find was "download the app".
What if I want to do it via the website?
Our first launch is the phone, because you can have access to it anywhere. We are launching a crowdsourcing campaign for everybody to contribute medical cost information: using the camera of the phone, take a snapshot of your explanation of benefits (that paper that says "this is not a bill"), the app will help you remove your personal info, and upload the document. That is why we are launching on the phone first.
What are the key features you would like to see next?
Love the idea. Any plans for an android version?
One step at a time :-) Android will come but we had to make choices with our small budget. Thanks for your patience
Maybe an HTML5 version would do? what do you think?
why is it just a mobile app? why is there no web ui or a rest api?
See reply above from Julien. Data contribution is painful on the web and mobile is now becoming the primary internet access for most of us. For some of us, it is the only internet access device.
This app is really useful and I really like where it is going. Many people have come home to a medical bill that was more than expected. I myself know how that feels