Patent ID: 7720701
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for automated computerized configuration of a medical practice management system, the method comprising: receiving, by a computerized medical practice management server, first information associated with a medical practice prior to configuring the medical practice to use the medical practice management system to process medical claims, wherein the first information includes information about the medical practice; associating, by the computerized medical practice management server, one or more payor servers with the medical practice based on the first information; generating, by the computerized medical practice management server, a request for second information that is required to configure the medical practice management system to process medical claims for patients of the medical practice, the request being based on (a) the first information and (b) one or more insurance rules stored in an insurance rules database that apply to one or more payor servers, wherein the one or more insurance rules apply to the one or more payor servers associated with the medical practice; in response to the request, receiving, by the computerized medical practice management server, second information which comprises information indicative of requirements for submission of medical claims to the one or more payor servers; generating, by the computerized medical practice management server, configuration information for the medical practice management system based on the first information and the second information, wherein the configuration information is used by the medical practice management server to ensure that medical claims transmitted from the medical practice satisfy the requirements of the one or more payor servers before the medical claims are transmitted to a payor server for payment; and configuring, by the computerized medical practice management server, the medical practice management system for use by one or more users at the medical practice based on the configuration information so that the medical practice management system can process medical claims transmitted from the one or more users at the medical practice.