Circle Medical brings transparency to healthcare with real time insurance verification
Effective today, you can now use the Circle Medical app to get real time data about your health insurance simply by scanning your insurance card or manually entering your member ID.
We consistently hear from our patients that insurance is hard to understand, and this is only one step towards bringing more transparency to healthcare costs. As far as we know, Circle Medical is the first primary care practice to make this information so easy to access at the point of care *before* booking an appointment.
How to check your insurance
- Download Circle Medical for iOS or Android if you haven’t already.
- Create an account. This creates a HIPAA-compliant electronic health record for you where your personal and medical information will be stored securely.
- Scan your insurance card and confirm your name, gender and date of birth.
What the app will tell you
- Whether your plan is currently active and in network with Circle Medical.
- Your copay for office visits.
- Your deductible and how much of it you’ve spent to date.
Insurance eligibility currently works for California-based patients with PPO, EPO and select HMO plans from Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Cigna, Health Net and UnitedHealthcare.
There’s no cost to download Circle Medical and check your insurance. And if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can book a doctor who will come to your home or work for the same copay as a traditional doctor’s office.
As always, we’d love to hear your feedback, questions or concerns. You can provide them to us via email (info at circlemedical.com), or secure in-app chat.
