Health-e-App
January 2002
Health-e-App is the first fully automated Web-based application in the United States for enrolling low-income children and pregnant women in public health insurance programs. Developed by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), in partnership with Deloitte Consulting LLC, Health-e-App is a real-time ecommerce application. It was developed to demonstrate the impact information technologies could have on improving access to, and the business processes of, government-sponsored health programs.
Health-e-App was developed with the cooperation of the California Health and Human Services Agency, which approved its pilot testing in San Diego County. Subsequently, CHCF licensed Health-e-App to the state of California at no cost. Health-e-App is being implemented throughout California to enroll eligible applicants in Healthy Families and Medi-Cal. It has also been licensed for use in Arizona and Indiana.
Health-e-App offers a faster, more secure, and consumer-friendly way to apply for public health insurance. It provides better quality application data and a more streamlined enrollment process, and it shows promise of increasing program enrollment because it is quick and easy to use.
Health-e-App offers:
- Automated error checking and computation of income and deductions;
- Real-time preliminary eligibility determination, in a matter of seconds;
- Online selection of providers and health, dental, and vision plans;
- Electronic payment of premiums;
- Electronic signatures;
- Confirmation of application submission;
- A toggle between English and Spanish versions; and
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
In addition to the Health-e-App application, CHCF has developed a state-of-the-art Web-based interactive training program to accompany it.
For more information, see the links below, especially the California Department of Health Services Health-e-App site.