Market driven health care system

• US 20050114173A1
• Filed: 11/21/2003
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Terry L. Harris
• Original Assignee: Terry L. Harris
• Inventors: Harris, Terry L.
• Application Number:
  US10/719,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114173A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• 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

A health care system in which the operator of the health care service establishes access means to and for a consumer who is seeking health care service, access means to and for medical providers for the description of their services, access means to and for hospital providers, and access means to and for insurance companies. The operator of the heath care service accumulates data in suitable report form to transmit to a consumer to enable the consumer to choose a provider of his favor and contact directly with each chosen provider to determine the health services he wishes in conjunction with an insurance premium rate for those services. This system is intended to accumulate reference material for an interested consumer who is then able to develop his own medical coverage for a chosen insurance premium, or “indemnity product”. Neither the medical provider, nor hospital provider, nor insurance provider become infinitely entangled with another code system generated for their mutual use, because this health care service system is a referral system and does not require the maintenance of mutual records. The consumer chooses, negotiates, and makes his own choices.

Claims

1. A system for establishing health care services comprising the steps of:

accessing a consumer to describe option-based health care services,

accessing a medical service provider to obtain a schedule of available medical services,

accessing a hospital to obtain a schedule of available hospital services,

accessing a insurance company to obtain a schedule of available insurance services,

providing a consumer with a schedule of available medical services and a schedule of available hospital services.

2. A system for establishing health care services according to claim 1, further comprising:

preparing a medical services fee schedule in report form for a consumer and an insurance company,

preparing a hospital services fee schedule in report form for a consumer and an insurance company.

3. A system for establishing health care services according to claim 2, further comprising:

preparing an insurance company rate schedule in report form for a consumer.

4. A system for establishing health care services according to claim 3, further comprising:

determining a fee schedule of medical services fees and hospital services fees according to the option of the consumer and acceptable to an insurance company, and

determining a fee from an insurance company rate schedule according to the option of the consumer and acceptable to an insurance company, said fee to be described as an indemnity product.

5. A system for establishing health care services according to claim 4, further comprising:

establishing a line of communication between a consumer and an insurance company for said indemnity product.

7. A system as described in claim 2, wherein said system further comprises:

an information media providing means for establishing a line of communication between a consumer and in insurance company for communicating said indemnity product.

8. A system as described in claim 3, wherein said system further comprises:

an information media providing means for establishing a line of communication between a consumer and an insurance company for communicating said indemnity product.

9. A system as described in claim 4, wherein said system further comprises:

an information media providing means for establishing a line of communication between a consumer and an insurance company for communicating said indemnity product.

10. A system as described in claim 5, wherein said system further comprises:

an information media providing means for establishing a line of communication between a consumer and an infurance company for communicating said indemnity product.

6. A system as described in claim, wherein said system further comprises:

an information media providing means for;

accessing a consumer,

accessing a medical services provider,

accessing a hospital, and

establishing a line of communication between a consumer and an insurance company for communicating an indemnity product.