Patent ID: 8751250

Claim:
A point-of-care device comprising: a base unit adapted for performing healthcare functions at a point-of-care, wherein the base unit includes: a base unit housing; a computer-readable storage device; a processor disposed within the base unit housing and configured to process a plurality of transaction types, wherein one of the plurality of transaction types is a healthcare insurance verification transaction, and execute computer-readable code stored on the computer-readable storage device, the code including: code for retrieving patient data from a first track of a magnetic stripe of a healthcare presentation instrument, the healthcare presentation instrument associated with a patient; code for generating a request for a healthcare information packet based on the patient data from the healthcare presentation instrument; code for transmitting the request for the healthcare information packet to a healthcare eligibility verification system via a credit card transaction processing network; code for receiving the healthcare information packet from the healthcare eligibility verification system via the credit card transaction processing network; code for presenting at least part of the content of the healthcare information packet to the healthcare provider; code for retrieving stored-value account information from a second track of the magnetic stripe of the healthcare presentation instrument, wherein: the stored value account information identifies a stored value account associated with funds designated for healthcare expenses, and the first track and the second track of the magnetic stripe are different tracks; code for generating a request to debit the stored-value account; and code for transmitting the request to debit the stored-value account to a financial settlement system, via the credit card transaction processing network, wherein the financial settlement system is separate from the healthcare eligibility system; and an input device configured to receive the healthcare insurance information and the stored-value account information from the healthcare presentation instrument.