Healthcare Credentials Always at Hand with Medlio's Virtual Health Insurance Card App

By Deepika Mala
TMCnet Contributor

There is good news for all the healthcare providers who want to cater to the needs of their increasingly empowered and mobile healthcare consumers in the best possible way.  Recently, Medlio has come up with its new, secure digital health insurance card app that offers healthcare consumers with immediate access to current insurance information.

The simple, yet sophisticated app helps most users to access real time benefits including progress towards their deductibles and expected copays or coinsurances for various services. It brings patients from the periphery to the center of healthcare by promoting new attitudes and awareness around healthcare consumption.

Officials said that all users, by setting up an account, can capture an image of their insurance card.

“The new medical consumers are taking an active rather than a passive role in their personal healthcare. They expect a better experience,” explained Tiffany Marum, MD, one of Medlio’s first provider customers, in a press statement. “If their expectations are not met, consumers will seek care elsewhere and share their negative experience with others. We expect this app to help us engage our patients in a dialogue about their care.”

With the insurance card app, Medlio aims to connect patients directly with their doctors and insurance companies all on one simple communications platform. The provider search functionality of the app allows people to easily find doctors and facilities.

Users of the app can also schedule an appointment, check in, share insurance information and medical forms, get a cost estimate and pay for their visit all with just a few taps on their smart phone.

In order to use this service, patients can download the Medlio app from the Apple App Store or Google (News - Alert) Play or visit the Medlio website.