Universal charge routing system for medical billing
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1. A medical billing computer system, comprising:
- a billing computer processor executing instructions stored in a non-transient memory, the instructions including steps for implementinga billing input receiving charges including charge data from a billing terminal computer system for at least one of a hospital service area, a medical laboratory, and a professional office of a physician, each charge being an electronic record including a bill for medical services, the bill including an amount to be billed based on a code describing a medical procedure, the bill being formatted by an originating charge source, the bill for medical services including charge data;
at least one input translator generating one or more universal charges having a common fauna based on the received charge data, the universal charge including the medical procedure code, wherein generating one or more universal charges includes implementing a translation routine for each received charge based on a billing format used by the originating charge source;
a destination rule engine analyzing the charge data of the universal charges to assign a destination to the universal charges based on the charge data, the destination identifying a billing program; and
at least one output translator receiving the generated universal charges including assigned destinations from the destination rule engine and converting the universal charges to a billing program format identified in the destination.
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Abstract
A medical charge router receives charge information from a variety of sources and converts it to a standard charge format for automated processing and routing to one of multiple billing programs.
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1. A medical billing computer system, comprising:
a billing computer processor executing instructions stored in a non-transient memory, the instructions including steps for implementing a billing input receiving charges including charge data from a billing terminal computer system for at least one of a hospital service area, a medical laboratory, and a professional office of a physician, each charge being an electronic record including a bill for medical services, the bill including an amount to be billed based on a code describing a medical procedure, the bill being formatted by an originating charge source, the bill for medical services including charge data; at least one input translator generating one or more universal charges having a common fauna based on the received charge data, the universal charge including the medical procedure code, wherein generating one or more universal charges includes implementing a translation routine for each received charge based on a billing format used by the originating charge source; a destination rule engine analyzing the charge data of the universal charges to assign a destination to the universal charges based on the charge data, the destination identifying a billing program; and at least one output translator receiving the generated universal charges including assigned destinations from the destination rule engine and converting the universal charges to a billing program format identified in the destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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