Idaho health insurer offers mobile payment app

Regence BlueShield of Idaho will now offer members a mobile application called Wellero that allows them to pay for health care services before leaving their provider’s office.

“Regence is excited to partner with Wellero in offering our members state-of-the-art technology that makes costs more easily understandable and clearer up front,” said Regence Medical Director Dr. Richard Popiel. “So far 400 members in Oregon and Idaho have signed up during our pilot period, and now we are excited to offer this service to all of our members enrolled in our commercial products in the coming months.”

Wellero is available as an iOS and Android mobile app. The app is offered to members free of charge, and is HIPAA and PCI compliant.

“We are excited to partner with progressive health plans like Regence to revolutionize the health care payment system,” said Hanny Freiwat, Wellero’s president and co-founder.

Wellero has several providers signed up in Idaho, and they are looking for more. The company is inviting additional health care providers in the Regence network to join at no cost to offer their patients streamlined mobile-pay technology.

“Wellero is committed to changing the relationship between providers and consumers. Partners like Regence, who are willing to help both the provider and the consumer to have an intelligent dialogue about cost, are essential to our success,” Freiwat said. “We believe Wellero can help lower health care costs for all by reducing providers’ billing and eligibility verification cost, educating consumers with true price transparency, and enabling our members to navigate a very complex industry more effectively.”

Benefits to Regence Health Care Providers:

n Consumer copay and coinsurance are collected at the time of the service.

n Wellero checks the consumer’s insurance eligibility at the time of service, saving the provider administrative time and effort.

n Wellero reduces claims paperwork and billing errors for medical providers by applying health plan clinical editing rules at the time of the service, which can increase administrative efficiencies and reduce lost revenue from rejected claims.

Info: www.Wellero.com