Patent Document ID: 8676598
Application ID: 12798083
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that are executed by a processor to perform operations comprising: assigning an individual to a first health state from among a plurality of health states that are ordered based on a number of chronic diseases, wherein the number of chronic diseases is determined by parsing an insurance claim submitted by the individual and wherein one or more chronic diseases are identified based on one or more disease codes extracted from the insurance claim; upon determining an increase in the number of chronic diseases suffered by the individual, re-assigning the individual into a second health state from among the plurality of health states, the second health state being representative of an increase in the number of chronic diseases; determining a total number of transitions from the first health state into each of the plurality of health states, each transition the total number of transitions representing a number of individuals acquiring an increased number of chronic diseases; and representing each transition as an element in a transition matrix; using the transition matrix to determine a comparative efficacy of a preventative care program related to the number of changed chronic diseases, and using the transition matrix is to set a target for patient transition to implement an improved preventative care program.