Patent ID: 8407066
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for estimating treatment related amounts, including treatment costs, contract allowable amounts, and patient payable amounts, of a health care provider for a health care patient to receive a health care product/service comprising: supplying a computer system that runs computer software, said computer software performing said computerized method for estimating said treatment related amounts of said health care provider for said health care patient to receive said health care product/service, said computer system having computer readable storage media for storing said computer software as well as data entry information, said estimated treatment related amounts including estimated treatment costs, an estimated allowable amount, and an estimated patient payable amount; entering facility information for a facility that is to provide said health care product/service to said health care patient into said computer software; entering patient information about said health care patient into said computer software; entering insurance information about health insurance provided by an insurance company that covers said health care patient into said computer software; entering health care code information about said health care product/service that is to be provided to said health care patient into said computer software; entering insurance benefits information for said health insurance that covers said health care patient into said computer software; performing estimation calculations in said computer software prior to said health care patient being discharged from said facility and prior to final costs for said health care product/service being available from said insurance company such that said estimated treatment related amounts to receive said health care product/service are calculated by taking into account said facility information, said patient information, said insurance information, said insurance benefits information, and said health care code information, said process of performing estimation calculations comprising: