The Dubai Govt has announced a new development for making life easy for the residents. Emiratis can use their Emiratis ID cards not only for immigration but also to get medical services in the country.
Emirates ID cards are used as health cards in the UAE. The government has taken this initiative to reduce fraud chances and eliminate the wrong use of health services. The patient has to show an Emirates ID card for availing of the medical services.
The government has taken this initiative to make easy and smooth settlement of claims. If the medical insurance company has authorized changes then you can use the Emiratis ID which will be sufficient to avail the services.
How to check medical insurance status with Emirates ID?
Medical Insurance providers all over the UAE are very well trained to check the status of their medical insurance using the Emirates ID. This is a safe and secure online platform that is primarily to match the number with the member profile.
Since the data is available on the database of Daman, a Daman insurance check with Emirates ID is searched and insurance status can be found out. These checks are made by using the member’s card number.
Simply log in to the official website of your Insurance provider, find the login portal for existing policyholders and log in. Here, use either your insurance card number or Emirates ID.
What are the Medical insurance companies involved?
The following are the medical insurance providing companies which will follow the changes.
- Daman
- Oman
- Noor Takaful
- Orient
- Dar Al Takaful
- RAK
- Takaful Emarat
All the health insurance companies are following the process and implementing it to make sure the cardholders’ lives become simple and get hassle free settlements.
Along with this 2000 Emirates ID real flow of digital information has been sent to medical clinics all over the city. After the Emirates Id readers have been set to get distributed and setup installed successfully across the cities then the Emiratis ID readers can avail of the services.
The Emirates cards will help in finding out the medical insurance plans that the user has chosen and the type of coverage along with the insurance policy number.
How useful is the new initiative?
All the health authorities like the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA), Health care services of Armed forces and Pure health are all part of this great initiative.
This step which is taken by the health authorities of the UAE will improve the healthcare quality by rolling out the right claims. The database which is linked to the platform will help to perform the following.
- Performance assessment
- Ensuring seamless digital flow of information
- Automate health care system
- One card with all benefits service
- Storing medical records of the patients at one place. It helps in making effective medical decisions as all medical records of the patients will be available safely.
- With the possibility of accurate dates at one place, right decisions at the right time can be made.
Conclusion
You can just log in to the official website of your insurance provider, find out the login portal for existing policyholders and login. At this page you can use the insurance card or Emirates ID and get your details.
About the author
Vinay Kumar Goguru is a finance professional with more than 8 years of diverse experience as a researcher, instructor and Industry work experience with both public and private entities. Prior to MyMoneySouq, he spent 6 years in Berkadia, It's a commercial mortgage banking company. He has a "Doctoral Degree in Commerce" and two master's degrees with a specialization in Finance, one as Master of Commerce and other as Master of Business Administration. He has written several articles on personal finance, published by different International journals. He loves traveling, reading and writing is his passion. He has a dream of writing a book on his favorite finance topics.
