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Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by chime »

If I understand it correctly, this is an EDI to JSON API? At 5c/call, it seems like one of the most expensive APIs out there but I'm guessing it does something that is very difficult to setup on your own. Reading the front-page, did not make it clear what is it that it really simplifies. And how can I as a developer (who might want to make a mobile app for the medical industry) make use of this service?

Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by kategleason »

chime wrote: post #2

If I understand it correctly, this is an EDI to JSON API? At 5c/call, it seems like one of the most expensive APIs out there but I'm guessing it does something that is very difficult to setup on your own. Reading the front-page, did not make it clear what is it that it really simplifies. And how can I as a developer (who might want to make a mobile app for the medical industry) make use of this service?

Thanks for your comment. We handle the connections to the insurance companies and the EDI to JSON transformation. I respect your point about 5 cents being high. We, of course, will evaluate that as time goes on.

To start, you as a developer can make an app for the medical industry that checks patient's health insurance eligibility. Details you can call include: health spending accounts, deductibles remaining, coinsurance/copayment, whether or not they have coverage for MRI, etc.

Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by kategleason »

technotony wrote: post #3

Anything involving health data is interesting and has the potential to improve lives, however there isn't enough information on the landing page here to indicate what this data is or why I might want to use it. Could do with a better landing page.

Great feedback, we will do that and include samples from some companies currently using the API.

Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by Danieru »

I am impressed by this site's use of Bootstrap. Most Bootstrap sites look like exact clones of the example templates with some colors swapped. The Bootstrap origin on this site is obvious yet not tired.

All they did was add a background and position one element yet it looks unique. I think the key thing was that they avoided the Bootstrap's black navigation bar.

Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by samstave »

kategleason wrote: post #4
chime wrote: post #2

If I understand it correctly, this is an EDI to JSON API? At 5c/call, it seems like one of the most expensive APIs out there but I'm guessing it does something that is very difficult to setup on your own. Reading the front-page, did not make it clear what is it that it really simplifies. And how can I as a developer (who might want to make a mobile app for the medical industry) make use of this service?

Thanks for your comment. We handle the connections to the insurance companies and the EDI to JSON transformation. I respect your point about 5 cents being high. We, of course, will evaluate that as time goes on. To start, you as a developer can make an app for the medical industry that checks patient's health insurance eligibility. Details you can call include: health spending accounts, deductibles remaining, coinsur…

While I think this is awesome (I work in the healthcare space - on the infrastructure side (design, build and implement systems for new hospitals)) though I would LOVE to see the following, if this API allows:

I as a user would like to tell you my insurance info and tell you what procedure I want and you tell me the best/cheapest location to get that done.

Then - here is where the groupon model farking failed: (I have only ever bought one groupon, and I never used it, but the model for groupon should be applied to things people NEED); I want to see coupons for medical, eye, dental procedures - things I dont buy too often and when I do, I want the best deal possible.

So, for example, I want teeth whitening. Or a full eye exam... etc..

Actually - there was a rockhealth company that was doing something similar, that was in the first batch, but they were LA only and hadn't quite built out the right system...

/rant...

Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by obituary_latte »

kategleason wrote: post #4
chime wrote: post #2

If I understand it correctly, this is an EDI to JSON API? At 5c/call, it seems like one of the most expensive APIs out there but I'm guessing it does something that is very difficult to setup on your own. Reading the front-page, did not make it clear what is it that it really simplifies. And how can I as a developer (who might want to make a mobile app for the medical industry) make use of this service?

Thanks for your comment. We handle the connections to the insurance companies and the EDI to JSON transformation. I respect your point about 5 cents being high. We, of course, will evaluate that as time goes on. To start, you as a developer can make an app for the medical industry that checks patient's health insurance eligibility. Details you can call include: health spending accounts, deductibles remaining, coinsur…

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but this post makes it sound like you've created an efficient API to find whether or not a person can "afford" treatment.

Again, maybe (hopefully) I've misunderstood. And not to be the the tree-hugging idealist of the post, but as a fellow human, how does this make life better for the rest of us?

Sorry if I seem confrontational about the whole thing; progress usually is a good thing. That said, I hate seeing great intelligence spent wholly on the bottom line.

I'm also aware that I very likely am in the wrong forest barking up the wrong tree...

Re: Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

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Post by citricsquid »

Danieru wrote: post #6

I am impressed by this site's use of Bootstrap. Most Bootstrap sites look like exact clones of the example templates with some colors swapped. The Bootstrap origin on this site is obvious yet not tired. All they did was add a background and position one element yet it looks unique. I think the key thing was that they avoided the Bootstrap's black navigation bar.

IMO what matters most is Bootstrap was used well. They took the purpose of Bootstrap (CSS/HTML Framework and well designed common elements) and then used that alongside their own understanding of how their site should be fit for the purpose.

So many people take Bootstrap as an excuse to not give a single thought to the usability of their site. It's a shame really, Bootstrap is a great tool but inevitably the people that rely on it are relying on it because they have no clue, so they butcher it.

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