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Essential Med for AI agents

The Essential Med connector lets Health Loops agents work with Essential Med, a health insurer in South Africa.

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Customer: Does my plan cover physio?
Read the plan guide for the member’s optionEssential Med
Benefits agent: Your plan guide pays that from your day-to-day benefit, up to its annual limit. From the statement you sent on 3 October, you have about R2,300 left. Want the nearest network options?
Customer: Yes please.
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Sample conversation. People, brands and figures are made up.

What an agent can do with Essential Med

Match the member to their Essential Med option from the 3 on file (Day-to-Day, Hospital and Combined), with their membership number, from a message or a photo of their card
Answer general questions about Essential Med cover, and send plan-specific ones to the Essential Med service line rather than guess
Read a claims or benefit statement the member sends and explain each line still owed, in plain words
Find network hospitals, clinics and GPs near the member, then give the Essential Med service line to confirm before an admission

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Country: South Africa
Type: Health insurance
Options on file (3): Day-to-Day, Hospital, Combined

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What can an AI agent do with Essential Med?

Match the member to their Essential Med option from the 3 on file (Day-to-Day, Hospital and Combined), with their membership number, from a message or a photo of their card.

Is the Essential Med connector live?

Yes.

Which Essential Med options does the agent know?

3 options: Day-to-Day, Hospital, Combined.

Does the agent quote Essential Med benefits?

Not from memory.

Does the agent decide Essential Med claims or authorisations?

No.

Ollie’s agents give wellness guidance. They don’t diagnose or prescribe, and hand off to a human expert when needed.