Member Register
Dubai Health Authority in cooperation with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs –
Dubai (GDRFA) are working towards ensuring the implementation of the mandatory Insurance Law No11 of
2013, which requires all Dubai residents to have medical insurance. The integration project will comprise
of sharing information to ensure that health insurance system stores the correct insured member
information, as well as enabling the Visa issuing staff from automatically checking the health insurance
requirement electronically for the insured resident.
Member Register Service (WSDL) »
First Objective
The first objective of the project is to enable the health insurance companies from validating the member
information at the point of applying for medical insurance, keeping their records clean and in-sync with the
GDRFA and United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior.
Second Objective
The second objective of the project is to enable the GDRFA to validate the member insurance status at the
point of issuing the visa through an automated electronic system.
Third Objective
eClaimLink will facilitate the needed transaction and integration points between the healthcare insurance
companies and the GDRFA systems.
The integration cycle consists of the methods shown below:
| Method |
Description |
| GenerateMemberID |
Transaction submitted by the Payer to generate the Member ID
through the DHPO. Generated member ID will be used in issuing the
Policy for the member. |
| ValidateMember |
Transaction utilized by the Payer to validate the member information
with the GDRFA through the DHPO. To be used for members with a
Dubai residency/visa only. |
| UploadMemberRegister |
Transaction utilized by the Payer to upload the insured member details
as per the eClaimLink published transaction schema, business and
validation rules. |
| UpdateMember |
Transaction utilized by the Payer to update specific subset of secondary
elements in the schema related to previously uploaded member. |
| SearchTransaction |
Transaction utilized by the Payer to search for the previous records
submitted for specific member. |
| DownloadMemberTransaction |
Transaction utilized by the payer to download a given MemberRegister
file. |
| GetMemberPolices |
Transaction utilized by the GDRFA (or Providers) to validate the
member’s insurance coverage, from the DHPO. |