Patent ID: 8615403
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented charge router for use in medical billing systems having a plurality of charge sources creating charges holding charge data and at least one billing program receiving charge data to generate bills, the charge router comprising: a first computing system including a computer-implemented set of input translators a computer-implemented destination rule engine analyzing the charge data of the universal charges to assign a destination to the universal charges based on the charge data, the destination identifying at least one billing program; a charge tracking engine configured to store at least a portion of the received charge data in a log file in a searchable database together with an identification of the charge source and the at least one destination billing program for that charge data for a predetermined period; a charge modification engine, configured to apply changes to charge data based on at least one charge modification rule and propagate change information to the charge source and the identified at least one destination billing program based on the charge tracking data in the log file; and a computer-implemented set of output translators