Patent ID: 8781853
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. An integrated medical software system with location-driven bill coding, the system comprising: a processor configured to execute: an information software component to automatically retrieve payment method data and demographic data for a patient and geographic region location data for a healthcare provider; a clinical software component to capture at least one of a diagnosis code, a procedure code, and an evaluation and management (E&M) code as at least one of a clinician and a staff member at the healthcare provider inputs clinical data for the patient into an electronic document during an encounter with the patient: a mapping software component to automatically associate a billing code with the at least one of a diagnosis code, a procedure code, and an E&M code and assigns a service cost to the billing code based on a pre-defined fee schedule, wherein said mapping software component obtains the geographic region location data for the healthcare provider, automatically chooses the pre-defined fee schedule in accordance with the geographic region location data, and automatically assigns the service cost to the billing code in accordance with the pre-defined fee schedule; and a service detail entry software component to use the payment method data and the demographic data for the patient and the service cost to automatically generate at least one of a bill, a claim, and a statement for the patient.