Guidelines - V.D Publishing and Sharing

Participation in the REDEEM community is voluntary. This means that when you are notified about another member’s medical need, but you object for any reason, you may withdraw and voluntarily inactivate your membership during the three-day publishing period (described below) rather than participate.

REDEEM HealthShare implements a member-to-member approach to sharing, which means that members share funds directly with one another. Before you share any funds with another member, REDEEM HealthShare allocates, matches, and publishes medical bills that are eligible for sharing to the membership.

Medical providers will submit medical bills, or when necessary, members can submit their own medical bills. REDEEM HealthShare processes all bills per the Guidelines to determine eligibility. REDEEM HealthShare submits eligible bills into the VSE for sharing. REDEEM HealthShare allocates and matches amounts approved for sharing so those in the sharing community can contribute to other member bills.

Each member matched to share your bill receives a notification about the amount due through a process called publishing. The information includes the amount withdrawn from their Share Account to fund your medical bill. The member matched to share your medical bill will receive a notification about you and your need unless you choose the anonymous setting in your Share. Once the three-day publishing period has ended, the published amount for each member will display on a Virtual Bill Account for the payment of your bill.

A member could and can withdraw from their membership prior to the expiration of the three-day publishing period even though REDEEM HealthShare already completed matching and allocating the Share of another member’s medical bill. REDEEM HealthShare will not transfer funds (from a member who voluntarily inactivated) to the receiving member.

Because a member may refuse to share in a particular medical expense for any reason or no reason, the sharing process remains entirely voluntary for every member. However, as noted above, any sharing refusal requires withdrawal from membership before the end of the three-day publishing period.