Patent ID: 8296163

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of medical treatment review, comprising: receiving patient data into a patient database, wherein the patient data at least includes a diagnosis of the patient; providing a plurality of treatment protocols for the patient for selection by a treating provider, wherein the treatment protocols are pre-approved for the patient diagnosis, and wherein each of the plurality of treatment protocols are associated with a cost and a effectiveness; receiving a selection of one of the plurality of treatment protocols by the treating provider to yield a selected treatment protocol; generating an authorization of the selected treatment protocol based on predefined criteria; and subsequent to the authorization and via a processor, determining whether at least one normalization fee for the selected treatment protocol should be applied based at least on a comparison of the cost and the effectiveness for the selected treatment protocol with respect to other ones of the plurality of treatment protocols; and applying the at least one normalization fee to increase an amount of profit the treatment provider would realize for the selected treatment protocol to exceed a customary amount of profit for the selected treatment protocol, wherein an amount for the at least one normalization fee is determined based at least on a difference in the cost and the effectiveness for the selected treatment protocol with respect to other ones of the plurality of treatment protocols.