System and method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment
First Claim
1. An accounting and billing system for patients in a hospital environment comprising:
- a user interface;
a data manager;
a patient score generator;
a current procedural terminology (CPT) code assignment manager; and
a bill generator, wherein the user interface is adapted to receive patient data of a hospitalized patient;
wherein the data manager is adapted to;
associate a patient ID with the hospitalized patient;
associate the patient data with the patient ID; and
associate a provision of a billable service with the patient ID and a date of service;
wherein the patient score generator is adapted to;
generate patient scores indicative of a condition of the hospitalized patient; and
provide the patient scores to the CPT code assignment manager;
wherein the CPT code assignment manager is adapted to;
receive the patient scores and the patient data; and
assign CPT codes based upon the patient scores and the patient data; and
wherein the bill generator is adapted to;
receive the patient ID from the data manager;
receive the CPT codes from the CPT code assignment manager; and
assemble a bill for the billable service for the hospitalized patient associated with the patient ID using the CPT codes.
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Abstract
A system and method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment. A hospitalized patient is associated with a patient identifier. Billable services provided to the hospitalized patient are associated with the patient identifier. If the billable service is provided by a physician, a physician identifier is also associated with the billable service. The hospitalized patient is scored and a current procedural terminology (CPT) assignment manager assigns CPT codes to the billable service. A bill generator receives the patient data, patient insurance information, physician insurance information, and CPT codes and generates a bill for the billable services provided to the hospitalized patient.
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28 Claims
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1. An accounting and billing system for patients in a hospital environment comprising:
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a user interface;
a data manager;
a patient score generator;
a current procedural terminology (CPT) code assignment manager; and
a bill generator, wherein the user interface is adapted to receive patient data of a hospitalized patient;
wherein the data manager is adapted to;
associate a patient ID with the hospitalized patient;
associate the patient data with the patient ID; and
associate a provision of a billable service with the patient ID and a date of service;
wherein the patient score generator is adapted to;
generate patient scores indicative of a condition of the hospitalized patient; and
provide the patient scores to the CPT code assignment manager;
wherein the CPT code assignment manager is adapted to;
receive the patient scores and the patient data; and
assign CPT codes based upon the patient scores and the patient data; and
wherein the bill generator is adapted to;
receive the patient ID from the data manager;
receive the CPT codes from the CPT code assignment manager; and
assemble a bill for the billable service for the hospitalized patient associated with the patient ID using the CPT codes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment comprising:
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receiving at a patient score generator patient data of a hospitalized patient;
using the patient data, generating at the patient score generator patient scores indicative of the condition of the hospitalized patient;
receiving at a current procedural terminology (CPT) code assignment manager the patient scores indicative of a condition of the hospitalized patient from the patient score generator;
receiving at the CPT code assignment manager the patient data and assigning current procedural terminology (CPT) scores; and
using the patient data and the CPT scores, assembling at a bill generator a bill for the billable service for the hospitalized patient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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