Uber Health announced it is partnering with NationsBenefits, a provider of supplemental benefits, to allow NationsBenefits members to use their flex cards for rides on Uber and same-day delivery of groceries on Uber Eats.
The flex card is a single debit card that allows members to pay for eligible expenses with their benefit allowance, as an alternative to traditional member reward programs.
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Uber Health announced it is introducing Uber Caregiver, an offering that allows users to add a caregiver to their Uber profile to ask for rides and deliveries, track them in real time and pay using the caregiver's health benefits.
The service, which will be available this summer, will provide caregivers with insights into the care recipients' benefits, such as the balance of the monthly grocery...
Healthcare data analytics company Socially Determined and Uber Health, the ride-hailing company's healthcare arm for patients and providers, are partnering to improve access to food and prescription delivery as well as transportation services by leveraging social determinants of health analytics.
Socially Determined offers payers, providers, life sciences organizations and others an analytics...
The healthcare arm of transportation company Uber, dubbed Uber Health, announced it is adding grocery and over-the-counter product delivery to its offerings.
Facilitated by Uber Eats, providers and payers can have groceries and over-the-counter items delivered directly to a patient's home. The company touts the offering as simplifying the entire patient journey, from getting patients to medical...
Uber Health, the healthcare arm of transportation company Uber, announced the launch of an additional offering on its platform that allows users to manage same-day prescription delivery.
Thanks to an integration with ScriptDrop, Uber Health users will be able to manage delivery of their prescription from a pharmacy within their service area and track when their prescription will arrive.
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Walgreens is partnering with DoorDash and Uber Health to deliver Paxlovid, an oral antiviral therapy for COVID-19, to underserved communities.
Through the partnership, eligible patients who live in disadvantaged communities as measured by the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index can receive free delivery for their Paxlovid prescriptions on Walgreens.com or through the Walgreens app.
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Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is partnering with Uber to deliver personal care items like skincare, hair products, sleep aids and condoms to customers via the Uber Eats app.
The service is available now in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Miami, Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta and Phoenix, although the companies plan to expand...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that were instituted to help control it have re-shaped every sector, and healthcare is no exception. But it isn’t only traditional providers and payers that have discovered the virtues of virtual care and are now exploring its best use cases.
New players that have been entering healthcare over the last few years – including big tech companies and big box...
Senior assistance company Papa is partnering with Uber Health to provide transportation and decrease social isolation among seniors.
Papa offers companions, called Papa Pals, that can help older adults with everyday tasks like shopping or household chores. The collaboration with Uber will allow Papa’s care team to work with Pals and seniors to get rides to medical appointments and other events,...
Bardy Diagnostics, maker of cardiac-monitoring adhesive patches, announced yesterday that Kevin Hykes began serving as the company's president and CEO on August 31. Hykes was formerly the president and CEO of Relievant Medical Systems, Metaventon and Cameron Health. Earlier in his career he spent 16 years at Medtronic. As Bardy Diagnostics' new head, he'll help develop and execute the company's...
