Patent ID: 8108225

Claim:
A computer implemented method of analyzing third party payments for provider services, comprising the steps of: processing, by a computing system, third party payment information data; processing, by the computing system, provider services billing data provided to the third party to request payment; automatically validating, by the computing system, provider services billing data against other provider services data including verifying that all billed services indicated in the billing data match actual services performed indicated in the other provider services data; determining, by the computing system, whether any discrepancies exist between the third party payment information data, the provider services billing data, and the other provider services data; generating, by the computing system based on an output of the determining step, a report listing discrepancies between the third party payment information data, the provider services billing data, and the other provider services data; and outputting, by the computing system, the report for review by at least one person.