Patent ID: 7640174
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for evaluating physician economic performance comprising the steps of: (a) identifying a population comprising a plurality of patients; (b) for each patient, receiving by a computer one or more inpatient admission charges for medical services rendered to the respective patient; (c) for each inpatient admission charge, adjusting by the computer the inpatient admission charge by a severity of illness experienced by the respective patient during provision of the medical services; (d) defining a plurality of All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Groups, wherein each All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Group is statistically homogenous group of similar medical charges; (e) for each inpatient admission charge: (f) for each All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Group: (g) determining said physician economic performance by determining a current performance profile for each physician from the physician's inpatient admission charges in each All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Group; and (h) comparing by a computer each current performance profile with the best practice norm in the appropriate All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Group to determine the physician's performance.