Assured Payments for Health Care Plans
A method comprises the steps of: receiving, at a host computer, a request from a purchaser for payment authorization for a charge for an item; determining whether said item qualifies for payment of a discounted amount of the item charge; receiving at the host computer a request from a provider for payment of the item charge; identifying a funding source of the purchaser from which to draw funds for payment of the item charge; and causing the funding source to be debited for at least a portion of the discounted amount of the item charge based on the payment authorization.
1 . A computer-implemented method to facilitate a purchase comprising:
receiving, at a host computer, a request from a purchaser for payment authorization for a charge for an item;
determining whether said item qualifies for payment of a discounted amount of the item charge;
receiving at the host computer a request from a provider for payment of the item charge;
identifying a funding source of the purchaser from which to draw funds for payment of the item charge; and
causing the funding source to be debited for at least a portion of the discounted amount of said item charge based on said payment authorization.
2 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
notifying a third party to pay the discounted amount to the provider.