Mass customization for management of healthcare
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1. A method for providing appropriate and affordable healthcare to a participant of a health plan, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a plurality of data from data resources, the data resources comprising;
partner data;
provider data, and participant data, wherein the participant data comprises a medical history of the participant, a demographic status of the participant, and income data of the participant;
analyzing the plurality of data from the data resources;
prescribing appropriate medications for the participant based upon the analysis of the plurality of data;
determining an affordable co-payment for the participant based upon the analysis of the plurality of data; and
providing the appropriate medications to the participant at a cost of the affordable co-payment.
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Abstract
A healthcare mass customization infrastructure individualizes plan designs by incorporating demographics, income, drug history, medical history, lab values, and future genomic information for appropriate and affordable access to medications. The mass customization infrastructure results in quality outcomes for the patients, improved care and productivity for the providers, and lower medical costs for the payers.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for providing appropriate and affordable healthcare to a participant of a health plan, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving a plurality of data from data resources, the data resources comprising;
partner data;
provider data, and participant data, wherein the participant data comprises a medical history of the participant, a demographic status of the participant, and income data of the participant;
analyzing the plurality of data from the data resources;
prescribing appropriate medications for the participant based upon the analysis of the plurality of data;
determining an affordable co-payment for the participant based upon the analysis of the plurality of data; and
providing the appropriate medications to the participant at a cost of the affordable co-payment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mass customization system for managing healthcare of a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants receiving the healthcare from a plurality of providers in cooperation with a plurality of payers and a plurality of partners, the mass customization system comprising:
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a plurality of data resources comprising partner data, provider data, and participant data;
a healthcare data platform for receiving data from the plurality of data resources, the healthcare data platform having a data analyzer for mining the data, and performing statistical analyses and simulations on the data to obtain usable healthcare data;
a claims processing rules generator coupled to a data warehouse and the healthcare data platform for establishing individual healthcare benefits rules for each participant of the plurality of participants based upon the usable healthcare data;
the data warehouse for storing the data, the usable healthcare data and the individual healthcare benefits rules; and
an interface platform for providing the plurality of participants, the plurality of providers, the plurality of payers, and the plurality of partners access to the data warehouse and the individual healthcare benefits rules for the each participant. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for implementing mass customization healthcare for a plurality of patients, at least one provider, and at least one payer, the system comprising:
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a technology unit for processing and storing healthcare data from disparate sources to produce usable healthcare data, wherein processing comprises mining, analyzing, simulating, forecasting and decision making, and wherein the healthcare data comprises patient data, provider data, and payer data, the technology unit generating and storing a healthcare plan for each individual patient of the plurality of patients based upon the usable healthcare data;
a financial unit for updating the healthcare plan for the each individual patient and for generating a plurality of healthcare plan rules for the each individual patient based upon the usable healthcare data, wherein the plurality of healthcare plan rules comprises a co-payment amount, the co-payment amount generated by the financial unit based upon an appropriateness of a medication prescribed by the at least one provider and the each individual patient'"'"'s ability to pay as determined by the financial unit from the patient data; and
a communications unit for providing communications between the plurality of patients, the at least one provider, the at least one plan sponsor, the financial unit, and the technology unit. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method for delivering appropriate and affordable healthcare to a participant, comprising the steps of:
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determining an individualized health plan for the participant based upon a plurality of data comprising the participant'"'"'s medical history and the participant'"'"'s income;
generating a prescription for the participant;
determining an appropriateness of the prescription for the participant based upon the plurality of data and third party data, wherein the third party data comprises pharmaceutical data;
determining a co-payment amount for the participant based upon the appropriateness of the prescription and the participant'"'"'s income; and
providing the participant with the prescription upon receipt of the co-payment amount from the participant. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 27)
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26. A method of delivering quality healthcare to a plurality of patients that are grouped in at least one population, the method comprising the step of:
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determining a rating for a physician responsible for care of a patient of the plurality of patients based on a score which is adjusted by a sickness coefficient of the at least one population to which the patient belongs; and
providing incentives to the physician based upon the rating, wherein the incentives motivate the physician to provide the quality healthcare.
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