Patent ID: 7668738

Claim:
A method for enabling a practice management system of a service provider to file an insurance claim electronically via a payer's web site, said insurance claim being based on billing data stored on said practice management system, said method comprising the steps of: electronically locating billing data stored on a practice management system of a service provider; electronically eliminating a portion of said billing data intended for payers that do not permit online filing of claims; downloading from a payer's web site to a web portal format instructions for formatting billing data for online filing of insurance claims at said payer's web site, said portal operated by a third party who is not a prayer nor said service provider; determining by said web portal an address at said payer's webs site for filing insurance claims; conveying from said web portal said format instructions and said address to said practice management system of said service provider; said practice management system electronically accessing said payer's web site; said practice management system electronically navigating to said payer's web site to said address where said insurance claims can be filed; then electronically formatting said billing data in accordance with said format instructions to generate insurance claims; and then uploading said insurance claims to said payer's web site.