Pre-paid health care system and methods of providing same
First Claim
1. A prepaid healthcare system patient identification card comprising:
- a body having a substantially rectangular shape formed of a flexible material;
medical network indicia printed on a surface portion of the body of the prepaid healthcare system patient identification card;
patient identification means positioned on the surface of the body of the prepaid healthcare system patient identification card for identifying information associated with at least one of a plurality of patients; and
prepaid healthcare consultation monitoring means positioned on the surface of the body of the prepaid healthcare system patient identification card for monitoring a preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations purchased by each of the plurality of patients.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a prepaid healthcare system including a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations taking place between a plurality of patients and a plurality of physicians participating in a network of physicians. The present invention also includes a plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers for identifying one of a plurality of patients as a member in the prepaid healthcare service system. The identifiers also have a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith. The present invention also includes a method of providing a prepaid healthcare system including distributing a plurality of patient identifiers to a plurality of patients, identifying at least one physician in a network of physicians to provide the prepaid healthcare consultation, and updating the prepaid healthcare patient identifier with patient and physician information.
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60 Claims
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1. A prepaid healthcare system patient identification card comprising:
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a body having a substantially rectangular shape formed of a flexible material;
medical network indicia printed on a surface portion of the body of the prepaid healthcare system patient identification card;
patient identification means positioned on the surface of the body of the prepaid healthcare system patient identification card for identifying information associated with at least one of a plurality of patients; and
prepaid healthcare consultation monitoring means positioned on the surface of the body of the prepaid healthcare system patient identification card for monitoring a preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations purchased by each of the plurality of patients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A prepaid healthcare system patient identification card comprising:
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a body formed of a flexible material;
patient identification means positioned on a surface portion of the body for identifying information associated with one of a plurality of patients, each one of the plurality of patients participating in a network of physicians, the network of physicians comprising a plurality of physicians providing a preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations to each of the plurality of patients; and
prepaid healthcare consultation monitoring means positioned on the surface portion of the body for monitoring the preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations purchased by one of the plurality of patients. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A prepaid healthcare service system comprising:
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a plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers positioned to identify information associated with one of a plurality of patients, each one of the plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers associated with one patient and having a preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith; and
a network of physicians comprising a plurality of physicians accepting the plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers as recognition that each of the prepaid healthcare patient identifiers includes a preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith taking place between one of the plurality of patients and one of the plurality of physicians in the network of physicians. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A prepaid healthcare service system, comprising:
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a server having a database including data related to a plurality of patients and a plurality of physicians in a network of physicians;
a communications network positioned to be in communication with the server;
a plurality of computers positioned to be in communication with the communications network and including a user interface responsive to a user;
purchasing means positioned on the server and responsive to the plurality of patients and the plurality of physicians in the network of physicians for purchasing a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations with the plurality of physicians in the network of physicians; and
prepaid healthcare updating means positioned on the server for updating information regarding each of the plurality of patients. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A prepaid healthcare service system, comprising:
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a server having a database including data related to each of a plurality of patients and a plurality of physicians in a network of physicians;
a communications network positioned to be in communication with the server;
a plurality of computers positioned to be in communication with the communications network and including a user interface responsive to a user; and
prepaid healthcare updating means positioned on the server and responsive to each of the plurality of physicians in the network of physicians for registering additional physicians in the network of physicians, and updating locations for each of the plurality of physicians in the network of physicians. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of providing a prepaid healthcare service system, the method comprising the steps of:
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distributing a plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers to a plurality of patients, each of the plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers identifying information associated with each of the plurality of patients and also identifying a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations between each of the plurality of patients and a plurality of physicians in a network of physicians, the plurality of patients thereby defining a plurality of members enrolled in the prepaid healthcare service program; and
identifying at least one of the plurality of physician in the network of physicians to provide at least one of the plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations to at least one of the plurality of members enrolled in the prepaid healthcare service program. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50)
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48. A method of selling a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations, the method comprising the steps of:
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distributing a first plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers having a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith from a first individual physician in a network of physicians to a first plurality of physicians in the network of physicians and a first plurality of patients; and
distributing a second plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers having a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith from the first plurality of physicians to a second plurality of physicians in the network of physicians and a second plurality of patients, the first and second plurality of patients defining members in a prepaid healthcare service system.
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51. A method of providing a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations, the method comprising the steps of:
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purchasing at least one prepaid healthcare patient identifier having a preselected number of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith from a healthcare provider; and
distributing the at least one prepaid healthcare patient identifiers to a plurality of patients. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of providing a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a computer including a user interface to a communications network that is in communication with a server having a database;
purchasing a plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers, each of the plurality of prepaid healthcare patient identifiers having a plurality of prepaid healthcare consultations associated therewith; and
locating one of a plurality of physicians in a network of physicians using the database to identify a location of one of the plurality of physicians in the network of physicians. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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