Patent ID: 8725556
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A healthcare wage index reporting method for use on a computer having a processor and a memory, the healthcare wage index reporting method comprising: providing questions and tasks through an electronic user interface to collect information regarding one or more hospitals for filling out a wage index and occupational mix report; electronically receiving hospital-related responses to the questions and tasks and storing the hospital-related responses in the memory, the hospital-related responses including the information regarding the one or more hospitals; processing the hospital-related responses using the processor to complete the wage index and occupational mix report; receiving and processing a public use file; comparing data in the public use file against data in the wage index and occupational mix report; checking the hospital-related responses using the processor to detect inconsistencies or errors; generating notices of detected inconsistencies or errors in the wage index and occupational mix report, wherein notices of inconsistencies or errors in the wage index and occupational mix report are generated in response to rules regarding the proper entries of expenses and administrative time that should be included in reporting and in response to rules regarding expenses that are applicable to excluded areas that should not be included in reporting; tracking progress in completing the wage index and occupational mix report; and generating a completed wage index and occupational mix report for submission to a recipient.