Patent Document ID: 9734512
Application ID: 14495378
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium for incentivizing service providers comprising instructions that, upon execution by a hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to: execute a first subroutine for assembling a best practices model in the form of a best practices database interfacing with the hardware processor and which presents series of treatment options ranging from desirable to undesirable associated with a given type of service; execute a second subroutine providing a decision support system interfacing with the best practices database and hardware processor, the support system providing any of a grading or awarding system for scoring, in real time, performance metrics for each of any number of providers of the service; execute a third subroutine for outputting to a plurality of devices assigned to each of the providers, real time and continuously updated scoring of their performance metrics based upon the grading or awarding system and as a result of the treatment options selected and inputted by the providers; execute a fourth subroutine for incentivizing adherence by the providers to the best practices model by tying desirable performance metrics to financial incentives which are scaled to each treatment option; execute a fifth subroutine for designating a sum of funds representative of an operating budget for a service provider and for disbursement on a percentage basis to each of any number of subset service providers based upon adherence to the best practices model; and execute a sixth subroutine for subdividing said sum between different practice groups and sub-specialties associated with a given class of service providers.