Country: France
Year: 2014
Chèque Santé is an innovative digital healthcare solution offering vouchers for services not covered by Social Security or Mutuelles
Concept
- Chèque Santé changed the game of pre-paid tickets by allowing digital transactions of health tickets
- It allows the Works Council (Comité d’entreprise) of French companies to offer health care tickets to their employees, similar to food vouchers (le chèque déjeuner) or coupons (le chèque cadeau)
- It can be used by more than 50 types of healthcare services that are not covered by Social Security or Mutuelles
Consumer Benefits
- It is a win-win for both employers and employees: tax-free, reimbursable up to a maximum annual limit of 156 euros and valid for 13 months
- With 10,000 health specialists already registered, the target is to onboard 100,000 by the end of 2015
How to use it
- On the app, health care professionals register practice and location, add bank account details and let patients get in touch to book appointment and receive the bills
- The Works Council uses the simulator on the website to order the chèque santé tickets, purchase and order the tickets online in three versions: smartphone, gift card or e-tickets in PDF
- This is the same process in case of absence of Works Council
- The employee receives credit online or on paper, downloads the app, finds the nearest health care provider, reserves an appointment and pays online