Patent ID: 9633396
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G16H

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented system for preventing submission and payment of fraudulent claims comprising: an electronic device used by a health care provider, the electronic device including a biometric scanner; a communication unit for receiving: a first transmission prepared and transmitted by the electronic device comprising a prescription for durable medical equipment for a patient prepared by the electronic device and first data representing a biometric identifier of the health care provider generated by the biometric scanner of the electronic device, the first data representing the biometric identifier being generated to be uniquely included in the first transmission, a second transmission comprising notice of a claim by a durable medical equipment supplier for the prescribed durable medical equipment, and a third transmission prepared and transmitted by the electronic device comprising verification that the patient received the durable medical equipment and second data representing the biometric identifier of the health care provider generated by the biometric scanner of the electronic device, the second data representing the biometric identifier of the health care provider being the same as the first data representing a biometric identifier of the health care provider; and an analyzing unit for analyzing the first transmission, the second transmission, and the third transmission, and preventing payment of a fraudulent claim by one or more of: preventing information from being entered into a billing form at the electronic device, preventing the submission of the billing form from the electronic device, or preventing acceptance of the billing form; and a database for storing the first transmission.