Health care incentive system and method for operating a health care incentive system
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1. A health care incentive system for providing an incentive to an individual participating in a health care plan comprising:
- a data warehouse for storing a health claim information and an individual commitment; and
a software means for comparing the health claim information with the individual commitment to determine whether the individual commitment was fulfilled.
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A health care incentive system comprises a means for accumulating health care information and means for analyzing the health care information in order to develop a set of commitments for the individual in the health incentive program. If the individual achieves the commitments over a predetermined period of time, an incentive is provided to the individual.
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1. A health care incentive system for providing an incentive to an individual participating in a health care plan comprising:
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a data warehouse for storing a health claim information and an individual commitment; and
a software means for comparing the health claim information with the individual commitment to determine whether the individual commitment was fulfilled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating a health care incentive system to provide an incentive to an individual in a health care plan comprising:
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determining a commitment for the individual;
tracking a performance of the individual relative to the commitment by analyzing health claim information;
and providing the incentive to the individual if the individual attains the commitment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An information model comprising:
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a commitment object maintaining a commitment of an individual; and
a member commitment status object for maintaining a status of the commitment with respect to the individual. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operating a health care incentive system comprising:
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setting a commitment for an individual in a health plan;
storing the commitment in a data warehouse;
obtaining claim information for the individual;
analyzing the claim information to determine if the individual obtained the commitment; and
providing an incentive to the individual is the individual obtained the commitment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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