Becker's Healthcare October 9, 2023
Some Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will have coverage for Uber app purchases, including rides to physician visits and healthy foods, due to a new partnership between Optum and Uber.
Starting next year, Uber will allow Medicare Advantage members with a health benefit card issued on Optum’s payments platform to purchase rides and groceries and over-the-counter items for delivery. The Uber app will keep a real-time record of which goods and services are covered by the Optum-enabled benefits card and charge it directly, removing the typical reimbursement process.
“The new and simple way to pay for items within the app, pairs the breadth and flexibility of Optum’s leading health payment platform with Uber’s national transportation merchant network...
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