Patent ID: 8805701

Claim:
A computer implemented method for selecting a treatment care path, comprising: receiving, by the computer, identification of a health condition and a selection of at least one desired medical outcome after treatment of the health condition; identifying, by the computer, one or more treatment care paths, each comprising a plurality of steps over a time range to achieve the selected at least one desired medical outcome, wherein at least one step within the plurality of steps comprises at least one medical service or treatment to achieve the desired medical outcome; for each of the at least one medical service or treatment in the one or more treatment care paths, identifying, by the computer, one or more providers offering the medical service or treatment; for each of the one or more providers, providing a cost estimate for receiving the medical service or treatment; optimizing, by the computer, the one or more treatment care paths at least based on ranking providers offering the at least one medical service or treatment within each of the one or more treatment care paths, wherein the providers are ranked from lowest provider cost estimate to highest provider cost estimate; determining, by the computer, an estimated cumulative total cost for the optimized one or more treatment care paths, the estimated cumulative total cost comprising an estimated cost to the consumer and an estimated cost to an insurance provider; determining, by the computer, at least estimated consumer costs for individual steps in the plurality of steps within each of the optimized one or more treatment care paths; identifying, by the computer, where within the time range the estimated consumer costs for the individual steps will be incurred within each of the optimized one or more treatment care paths; and providing for display, by the computer, an indication of where the estimated consumer costs will be incurred within the time range.