Patent ID: 8010386

Claim:
A method for receiving an approval of a reimbursement guarantee on a computer network from an insurance provider of a patient with a medical need for a transfer of the patient from a hospital to a healthcare facility wherein the healthcare facility has a bed available to accommodate the medical need of the patient, the method comprising the steps of: providing a computer network; providing a database connected to the computer network wherein the database includes facility information associated with the bed of the healthcare facility; inputting a transfer request information for the patient into the database via the computer network wherein the transfer request information is associated with the medical need of the patient; providing a first access to the database to view the transfer request information and the facility information by the insurance provider via the computer network; determining a suitability of the bed of the healthcare facility to accommodate the medical need of the patient; determining if the transfer of the patient from the hospital to the healthcare facility is medically necessary based on the medical need of the patient; and inputting the suitability of the bed of the healthcare facility to accommodate the medical need of the patient into the database by the insurance provider via the computer network wherein the approval of the reimbursement guarantee for the transfer of the patient is based on the suitability of the bed of the healthcare facility to accommodate the medical need of the patient and whether the transfer of the patient from the hospital to the healthcare facility is medically necessary.