Method, system and article of manufacture, such as a card, to provide user selectable medical information and information to obtain elegibility of healthcare payments
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- obtaining medical information of an individual;
storing the medical information in a machine readable format;
providing an interface to select a portion of the medical information;
displaying the portion of the medical information on a substrate;
recording information to access the medical information in a machine readable format that is disposed on the substrate; and
recording information to obtain eligibility for payment of healthcare for the individual in the machine readable format.
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Abstract
An article of manufacture, such as a credit card sized health card having a magnetic strip, includes user selected medical information and/or information to obtain medical information of an individual and eligibility of healthcare payments in an embodiment. A user may customize the medical information displayed on the health card. In an embodiment, a method obtains and stores medical information in a machine-readable format. An interface to select a portion of the medical information is provided to a user. In response to a user selection, the portion is displayed on a substrate, such as the health card, and the medical information is accessed by information, such as a URL, user identifier and password, recorded in a machine-readable format on the substrate. In an embodiment, a system includes a healthcare provider processing device obtaining eligibility information from the health card and generating an eligibility request to an entity processing device that forwards the eligibility request to a payer processing device. An eligibility response from the payer processing device is then provided to the healthcare provider processing device via the entity processing device. In an embodiment, medical information in a paper format is faxed using a unique user identifier and password and categorized into a machine-readable format.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining medical information of an individual;
storing the medical information in a machine readable format;
providing an interface to select a portion of the medical information;
displaying the portion of the medical information on a substrate;
recording information to access the medical information in a machine readable format that is disposed on the substrate; and
recording information to obtain eligibility for payment of healthcare for the individual in the machine readable format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a first processing device to obtain information to access medical information of an individual and information to obtain eligibility of payment of healthcare for the individual, the information to access the medical information of the individual and information to obtain eligibility recorded on a substrate, the first processing device to generate an eligibility request in response to reading the information to obtain eligibility recorded on the substrate, the first processing device to obtain the medical information in response to reading the information to access the medical information;
a second processing device, coupled to the first processing device, to receive and route the eligibility request, the second processing device routes the eligibility request in response to an identifier in the eligibility request;
a third processing device, coupled to the second processing device, to receive the eligibility request, the third processing device to provide an eligibility response to the first processing device by way of the second processing device, the eligibility response including eligibility information of payment of healthcare for the individual; and
a fourth processing device, coupled to the first processing device, to provide the medical information to the first processing device in response to the information to access the medical information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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obtaining paper that indicates medical information of an individual;
faxing the medical information using a unique user identifier and password;
sorting the medical information into respective medical categories associated with the individual; and
storing the medical information in respective medical categories and associated with a name of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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