METHOD OF PROVIDING AND BILLING FOR MEDICAL SERVICES

• US 20030046107A1
• Filed: 11/20/1995
• Published: 03/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1995
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joel H. Eisenberg, Mitchell S. Eisenberg
• Original Assignee: Joel H. Eisenberg, Mitchell S. Eisenberg
• Inventors: EISENBERG, MITCHELL S., EISENBERG, JOEL H.
• Application Number:
  US08/562,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20030046107A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method of providing medical services comprises assigning trained medical representatives from a central office, who are employed by the central office, to locations remote from the central office, providing medical services to patients by the medical representatives at each location while linked to and under the supervision of a licensed physician and billing each patient for medical services provided to that patient by the medical representative through said licensed physician. The patient, licensed physician or medical representative submits the bill to an insurer for reimbursement. The method fulfills all of the responsibilities, duties and services of a trainer at a school without the school paying for the professional service, thereby eliminating the need and expense of a trainer at a school.

Claims

1. A method of providing medical services comprising the steps of:

assigning trained medical representatives from a central office and employed by the central office to locations remote from the central office;

providing medical services to patients by the medical representatives at each location while linked to and under the supervision of a licensed physician; and

billing each patient for medical services provided to that patient by the medical representative;

whereby one of the patient, licensed physician and medical representative submits the bill to an insurer for reimbursement.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of providing medical services under supervision comprises maintaining a cellular telephone link between each medical representative and a licensed physician at the central office.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of providing medical services under supervision comprises maintaining an on-line computer link between each medical representative and a licensed physician at the central office.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of billing comprises maintaining a computer link between each medical representative and a licensed physician at the central office, transferring billing information from each medical representative to the central office via the computer link, billing each patient through the licensed physician and producing a bill at the central office or the remote location.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the remote locations comprise schools.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the patients are students.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the students are athletes.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising training the medical representatives by the licensed physician.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the training is at the central office.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the training is off-site from the central office.