Patent ID: 7370018
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A claim handling system for facilitating the real-time or near real time processing and payment of claims, said claim handling system comprising: a secure claim transmission application (SCTA) being configured for executing the following: receiving a plurality of claims from a practice management system, wherein each of said plurality of claims identifies a claim payer to which the claim is directed; encrypting each of said plurality of claims via a different encryption key to facilitate transmitting each of said plurality of claims to a claim server; directing each encrypted claim to said claim server in real time or near real time, wherein the claim server individually forwards each encrypted claim to a respective identified claim payer; receiving an encrypted claim response from said claim server for each of said plurality of claims, wherein said encrypted claim response corresponds to a response generated by said claim payer to a corresponding claim transmitted to said claim payer by said claim server; decrypting each one of said encrypted claim responses corresponding to each one of said plurality of claims; and making available each of said decrypted claim responses to said practice management system, wherein each decrypted claim response is received by said SCTA in real-time or near real-time in response to the transmission to said claim server of said claim corresponding to said decrypted claim response.