Uber Health launches caregiver-focused platform with health benefits insights [Video]

Uber Health announced it is introducing Uber Caregiver, an offering that allows users to add a caregiver to their Uber profile to ask for rides and deliveries, track them in real time and pay using the caregiver’s health benefits.

The service, which will be available this summer, will provide caregivers with insights into the care recipients’ benefits, such as the balance of the monthly grocery benefit or remaining rides that are covered.

An Uber account is required to be able to delegate someone as a caregiver. Once accepted, the caregiver can use their caregiver profile to request and track services on behalf of their family member or loved one. 

Caitlin Donovan, global head of Uber Health, told MobiHealthNews in an email that every health plan has different benefits, but care receivers will be able, within the Uber App, to find out whether they have funding sources available to them. 

She noted that for a health plan to enable caregiver support for …