Preventcare

• US 20030154107A1
• Filed: 02/14/2003
• Published: 08/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Medvedeff
• Original Assignee: Mark Medvedeff
• Inventors: Medvedeff, Mark
• Application Number:
  US10/367,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20030154107A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0076 Body hygiene; Dressing; Knot tying
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

To provide a preventive health care plan for a group of people, where the health care plan evaluates the generally un-sick health status of the members of the group and develops a personalized preventive health care plan that when followed substantially reduces or postpones major illness of those engaging in the personalized health care plan thereby reducing health care costs and employee absenteeism due to major illnesses.

Claims

1. A method of reducing long term health care costs, comprising the steps of:

providing a preventive health care plan for a group of people employed by an employing entity at at least a first location, said plan including;

providing a preventive health care technician,

traveling to said at least a first location,

testing the wellness condition of at least a first member of said group of people at said at least a first location,

developing an individualized wellness plan for said at least a first member, wherein said wellness plan is developed responsive to the testing results, and,

implementing said wellness plan by said at least a first member, thereby improving the overall wellness condition of said group of people; and

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underwriting the associated costs of implementing said preventive health care plan, wherein when said overall wellness condition is improved the long term health care cost with respect to said group of people will be substantially reduced.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step of implementing the wellness plan further comprises:

educating said at least a first member with respect to implementing the wellness plan.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of developing a wellness plan, the step further comprising:

underwriting at least a first portion of the cost of implementing the wellness plan.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of underwriting at least a first portion of the cost of implementing the wellness plan includes:

providing at least a first discount to non-prescription substances.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of underwriting at least a first portion of the cost of implementing the wellness plan includes:

providing at least a second discount to non-prescription substances underwritten by a supplier of said non-prescription substances.

6. A method of providing a supplemental preventive health maintenance plan to a health care insurance plan, the method comprising the steps of:

providing at least a first person having health care insurance as insured by an insuring entity for providing health care, wherein said at least a first person receives medical treatment from a primary health care giver, and wherein said insuring entity underwrites at least a portion of the costs of said medical treatment; and

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providing a supplemental preventive health care insurance plan, the plan including;

providing a preventive health care technician,

evaluating the wellness condition of said at least a first person,

developing an individualized wellness plan for said at least a first person, wherein said wellness plan is developed responsive to the testing results, and,

implementing said wellness plan by said at least a first person, thereby improving the overall wellness condition of said group of people.

7. The method of claim 6, further including the step of:

underwriting at least a first portion of the costs of providing said supplemental preventive health care insurance plan.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of underwriting at least a first portion of the costs, includes:

providing a second insuring entity for underwriting at least a first portion of the costs of providing said supplemental preventive health care insurance plan.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of providing at least a first person includes providing at least a first person having a primary place of business activity, and

wherein after the step of providing a preventive health care technician, the step further comprising:

traveling to said primary place of business activity.

10. A method of improving the wellness of an individual, the steps comprising:

providing a preventive care technician;

providing at least a first person having an individual wellness condition;

traveling to a place of normal activities for said at least a first person;

administering a wellness test to said at least a first person;

analyzing the results of the wellness test;

developing an individualized wellness plan for improving the wellness condition of said at least a first person, wherein said individualized wellness plan is developed responsive to the results of the wellness test;

presenting said individualized wellness plan to said at least a first person;

educating said at least a first person with respect to the implementing the plan; and

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implementing the individualized wellness plan, thereby improving the wellness condition of said at least a first person.

11. The method of claim 10, the steps further comprising:

periodically traveling to said place of normal activities;

administering a subsequent wellness test to said at least a first person;

analyzing the wellness condition of said at least a first person with respect to the results of said subsequent wellness test;

developing a modified individualized wellness plan for improving the wellness condition of said at least a first person, wherein said modified individualized wellness plan is developed responsive to the results of said subsequent wellness test;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of periodically traveling includes periods ranging from 6 months to 18 months.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprises the step of:

presenting said results of said wellness test to a primary care physician of said at least a first person.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of providing a preventive care technician includes providing a preventive care physician.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of providing at least a first person having a wellness condition, said wellness condition includes the level of free radicals in the body of said at least a first person.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of administering a wellness test, said wellness test includes a urine test for testing said level of free radicals in the body of said at least a first person.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of developing an individualized wellness includes prescribing at least a first non-prescription substance to aid in the neutralization of said free radicals.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of developing an individualized wellness includes prescribing a predetermined individualized activity plan for said at least a first person for use in reducing said level of free radicals.