Incentive Programs for Healthcare Cards

A computer-implemented method to facilitate a purchase by a cardmember using a transaction instrument, comprising: receiving, at a host computer, a request from a provider for payment authorization for a charge to the cardmember using the transaction instrument; determining whether the charge is for...

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Hauptverfasser:	JAGATIC JASON S, HARRISON SARAH E, KLABOE DANA J, MALNATI LEIGH R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES PHYSICS REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A computer-implemented method to facilitate a purchase by a cardmember using a transaction instrument, comprising: receiving, at a host computer, a request from a provider for payment authorization for a charge to the cardmember using the transaction instrument; determining whether the charge is for a covered healthcare expense; if the charge is determined to be for a covered healthcare expense, then crediting an account of the cardmember with points associated with the value of the charge; and if the charge is determined to be for a non-covered expense, then not crediting the cardmember's account with any points associated with the value of the charge.