Patent ID: 7209886
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of discouraging phantom billing healthcare fraud comprising: providing a health care service; in conjunction with providing said health care service at a particular location to a patient, causing said patient to provide a biometric signature; capturing said biometric signature; creating an event record that records said patient was at said particular location at a particular time, said event record consisting of a patient identifier, said biometric signature, and location information indicating said particular location at which said biometric signature is obtained and at which said health care service is provided and said event record indicates the absence of phantom billing, wherein said event record is created using a computer system; transmitting said event record including said biometric signature to a computerized central data store that is accessible by a payer entity; and storing said event record in said computerized central data store.