Starting today, Australians can add digital health insurance cards to Apple Wallet with the Health Industry Claims and Payments Service app.
Instead of swiping a plastic card, iPhone or Apple Watch users can now claim by tapping their device on the HICAPS Terminal. Currently eligible Bupa, Medibank, nib and GU Health members can tap and claim. «
In Australia, when you visit an extras provider, the receptionist hands you a bill and asks if you have health coverage. At that point, you can give them your HIF membership card and they will pass it through an electronic claim terminal known as a HICAPS machine.
Now, with Apple Wallet integration, users can simply double-click the side button on their iPhone with Face ID or double-click the Touch ID button to view the health insurance card in the Wallet.
Then, they just have to select their membership card from the Apple Wallet health fund and hold the iPhone or Apple Watch near the terminal reader. HICAPS even prepared a step-by-step to do this here.
This is just another way to use the Apple Wallet as your primary wallet. With iOS 15, for example, the company is adding support for your identification in select US countries, as well as working with hotels and some businesses to offer credential keys within the Wallet app.
To be completely free of your physical wallet, there is one more thing we must bring to the iPhone. And that’s your ID. That’s why we bring identity cards to Apple Wallet. This fall, you’ll only scan your driver’s license or state ID in participating states in the US It’s easy. Your identifying information is now in the Wallet. Encrypted and stored in Secure Element, the same hardware element technology that makes Apple Pay private and secure.
And the TSA is working to enable airport security checkpoints as the first place you can use your digital ID. When you present your identification, you will know what specific information is requested and will present it securely. With just one touch, you are ready for your flight.
To learn more about iOS 15, check out one of the biggest features coming this fall, as well as our full roundup on the upcoming iPhone operating system here.
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