App that helps find cheapest care by comparing prices of any medical procedure

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Post by vonwong » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 2:48 AM UTC

App that helps find cheapest care by comparing prices of any medical procedure
faircare.io

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 3:46 AM UTC

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Post by timowashere » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 3:46 AM UTC

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

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Post by mischief6 » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 4:21 AM UTC

why is it just a mobile app? why is there no web ui or a rest api?

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Post by Frozenlock » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 4:21 AM UTC

All I could find was "download the app".

What if I want to do it via the website?

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Post by brandonb » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 4:44 AM UTC

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?

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Post by juliennguyen » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:37 AM UTC

brandonb wrote: post #6

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.

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Post by juliennguyen » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:42 AM UTC

Frozenlock wrote: post #5

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.

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Post by jawshie » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:48 AM UTC

Love the idea. Any plans for an android version?

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Post by kikouyou » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 6:03 AM UTC

jawshie wrote: post #9

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