Patent ID: 8655688
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented health care claim payment method, the method comprising: receiving, by a payment services manager computer system comprising a processor and machine readable media having instructions stored therein that are executed by the processor, from a plurality of computer systems of a plurality of health care providers via a communication network, notification of a plurality of claims for a plurality of health care services provided to a patient by the plurality of health care service providers, at least a portion of the claims being payable by a participant in a benefits plan and at least a portion of the claims being payable by a third party payor; remitting, by a payment services system logic implemented by the payment services manager computer system, for each claim in the plurality of claims, payment of the entire claim within a predetermined time period of receiving the notification of the claim, including (i) remitting payment of the portion of the claim payable by the third party payor, and (ii) remitting payment of the portion of the claim payable by the participant; combining, by the payment services system logic, claim information from the plurality of health care service providers into a master bill, the master bill containing claim information for the plurality of health care service providers; itemizing, on the master bill, by the payment services system logic, claim information for each of the health care services provided to the patient by the plurality of health care service providers, and wherein the patient did not directly interact with at least some of the health care service providers; providing the participant the master bill, including the claim information for the plurality of health care service providers; and tracking, by the payment services system logic, payment of the master bill by the participant.