Method and apparatus for providing financial analyses for medical procedures

• US 20020120468A1
• Filed: 11/30/2001
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Atallah
• Original Assignee: William Atallah
• Inventors: Atallah, William
• Application Number:
  US09/999,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20020120468A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

A method for providing a financial analysis for a medical procedure comprising: entering into a computer system at least one datum identifying the medical procedure; entering into the computer system all identifiable costs associated with the medical procedure, entering into the computer system all identifiable insurance payments and payments from other sources associated with the medical procedure, and using the computer system to determine a profit or loss based on the entered costs and payments associated with the medical procedure.

Claims

1. A method for providing a financial analysis for a medical procedure comprising:

entering into a computer system at least one datum identifying the medical procedure;

entering into the computer system all identifiable costs associated with the medical procedure;

entering into the computer system all identifiable insurance payments and payments from other sources associated with the medical procedure; and

using the computer system to determine a profit or loss based on the entered costs and payments associated with the medical procedure.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing an analysis on the profit or loss to make the medical procedure more efficient.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting, in the case of a computed loss, the computed loss to an insurer to attempt to persuade the insurer to increase an insurance payment for the medical procedure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one datum includes at least one of a date of the medical procedure, a health care provider and a patient identification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifiable costs entered into the computer system include time spent, medications utilized and equipment utilized.