Patent ID: 8392213
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A medical claim fraud prevention system comprising: a first controller positioned at a medical facility; a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with a data center having historical location information relating to a patient locating device associated with a patient; and a medical software system adapted to be in communication with the first controller; wherein the medical software system is configured to prompt a user to enter medical information related to the patient, the medical information comprising at least one of medical observations, diagnoses, medical conditions, previous medical treatments, and prescriptions; wherein the medical software system is configured to send medical information related to the patient to the first controller; wherein the first controller is configured to send a signal requesting a historical location of the patient locating device to the second controller responsive to the medical information received from the medical software system; and wherein the second controller is configured to transmit an indication to the first controller in response to the signal received from the first controller regarding the historical location of the patient locating device and whether the patient locating device was within a vicinity of the medical facility during a time period.