Patent ID: 9020826
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with instructions that cause a service provider data processing system to perform a method comprising the acts of: determining that an administrative transaction file has been prepared by a practice management program, wherein the administrative transaction file includes a predetermined file attribute specified by administrative transaction file configuration data that includes a plurality of predetermined file attributes associated with payer identification information for multiple payers; determining, using the predetermined file attribute of the transaction file, payer identification information for a selected payer associated with the transaction file from the payer identification information for multiple payers; determining, using the payer identification information for the selected payer, payer communication data for the selected payer; initiating transmission of the transaction file from a hardware implemented direct connectivity gateway to the selected payer of the multiple payers using the determined payer communication data, thereby bypassing transaction file processing intermediaries; receiving, at the hardware implemented direct connectivity gateway, a response from the selected payer to the transmission of the transaction file; and configuring the response for the practice management program by modifying attributes of the response for automated processing by the practice management program.