Patent ID: 9633174
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06Q,G16H

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of encouraging healthy behavior, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at a server, health-related member information with respect to a member of a health plan; applying evidence-based medicine rules to the received member information to identify actions to improve the member's health or health risk, wherein the actions may be pending or completed; comparing the received member information with the identified actions to determine whether the actions are completed; and for completed actions, granting rewards under a rewards program, the rewards program comprising a sequence of steps including at least one action that is verifiable and at least one action that is non-verifiable, each step in the sequence being associated with a reward; wherein granting rewards for the at least one verifiable action comprises verifying completion of the at least one verifiable action by obtaining biometric data from an authenticated biometric device that confirms or denies completion of the at least one verifiable action, wherein the biometric data comprises biometric data selected from the group consisting of blood pressure data, glucose level data, cholesterol data, and weight data, and wherein the authenticated biometric device reports one or more of blood pressure, glucose level, cholesterol, or weight; wherein granting rewards for the at least one non-verifiable action comprises receiving non-verifiable medical information or self-reported member data and the granted rewards for the at least one non-verifiable action are based thereon; and wherein the completed verified action is granted a first level of reward and the completed non-verifiable action is granted a second level of reward having a lesser value relative to the first.