Patent Document ID: 20080033751
Application ID: 11772212
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for managing delivery of healthcare services using a web-based system, the method comprising: receiving a diagnosed health condition of a patient and a claim for services rendered from the service provider; sending a performance standard to a service provider based on the received diagnosed health condition; querying the service provider to generate a service provider declaration of adherence or a reason for non-adherence to the performance standard; transmitting the diagnosed health condition, the performance standard, and the declaration of adherence or the reason for non-adherence to the patient; querying the patient to generate a patient demonstration of knowledge of the diagnosed health condition or a declaration of patient adherence or reason for non-adherence to the performance standard; transmitting the patient demonstration of knowledge, the declaration of patient adherence or reason for non-adherence to the service provider; querying the service provider to generate a service provider confirmation of the patient demonstration of knowledge, the demonstration of patient adherence, and/or the reason for non-adherence to the performance standard; querying the patient to generate a patient confirmation of the service provider declaration of adherence or reason for non-adherence to the performance standard; authenticating the service provider confirmation, the patient confirmation, the service provider declaration of adherence or reason for non-adherence, and the patient declaration of knowledge, declaration of adherence or reason for non-adherence; and authorizing payment of the claim for services rendered and disbursement of a performance-based incentive to the service provider or a performance-based incentive to the patient provider based on authentication.