Patent ID: 8494869

Claim:
A method for presenting a first and second medical treatment options, comprising: obtaining, using a processor, medical information associated with an individual, wherein the medical information specifies an individual condition; obtaining, using the processor, medical treatment information associated with the individual condition from a first benefit claim and a second benefit claim, by: sending a first benefit claims query to a first claims data source, specifying the individual condition, to obtain a first benefit claim from a first health plan provider, sending a second benefit claims query to a second claims data source, specifying the individual condition, to obtain a second benefit claim from a second health plan provider, receiving the first benefit claim in response to the first benefit claims query, wherein the first benefit claim is associated with a first benefit claim code set, receiving the second benefit claim in response to the second benefit claims query, wherein the first benefit claim and the second benefit claim are each associated with the individual condition and comprises the medical treatment information, and wherein the second benefit claim is associated with a second benefit claim code set, normalizing the first benefit claim using the first benefit claim code set to obtain a first normalized benefit claim, wherein the first benefit claim code set is associated with the first health plan provider, normalizing the second benefit claim using the second benefit claim code set to obtain a second normalized benefit claim, wherein the second benefit claim code set is associated with the second health plan provider, and extracting, using the processor, the medical treatment information from the first normalized benefit claim and the second normalized benefit claim; identifying, using the processor, the first and second medical treatment options using the medical treatment information, wherein the first medical treatment option comprises a medical procedure, and wherein the second medical treatment option comprises an alternative medical treatment; calculating a first effectiveness rating for the first medical treatment option; calculating a second effectiveness rating for the second medical treatment option; and presenting the first and second medical treatment options and the first and second effectiveness ratings to a user.