System for providing integrated healthcare management services
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1. A regulatory compliant integrated healthcare system comprising:
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a medical collective consisting of and owned by a plurality individual physicians wherein the management entity has an ownership stake in the medical collective and provides management services thereto;
at least one medical goods or services provider; and
a cooperative agreement between said management entity, said medical collective, and said at least one medical goods or services provider, the cooperative agreement comprising a sales agreement between the management entity and the at least one medical goods or services provider whereby the management entity acts as the sales agent for the medical goods or service provider, the medical goods or services provider pays a commission to the management entity based on the sales of said medical goods or services provider'"'"'s goods or services by the individual physicians of the medical collective and other physician'"'"'s clients, and wherein the management entity distributes dividends from said commission to the individual physicians of the medical collective based on said individual physicians equity position in the medical collective.
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Abstract
A system for reducing the costs associated with providing medical care associated with the provision of specialized medical equipment and service is provided. In such a system a common management organization; a group of physicians; and a medical manufacturing, supply, and/or equipment company partner together to provide discounted medical supplies to a hospital or outpatient facility, thereby reducing costs across the healthcare system and creating additional resources within the current medical regulatory framework.
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1. A regulatory compliant integrated healthcare system comprising:
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a management entity;
a medical collective consisting of and owned by a plurality individual physicians wherein the management entity has an ownership stake in the medical collective and provides management services thereto;
at least one medical goods or services provider; and
a cooperative agreement between said management entity, said medical collective, and said at least one medical goods or services provider, the cooperative agreement comprising a sales agreement between the management entity and the at least one medical goods or services provider whereby the management entity acts as the sales agent for the medical goods or service provider, the medical goods or services provider pays a commission to the management entity based on the sales of said medical goods or services provider'"'"'s goods or services by the individual physicians of the medical collective and other physician'"'"'s clients, and wherein the management entity distributes dividends from said commission to the individual physicians of the medical collective based on said individual physicians equity position in the medical collective. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A regulatory compliant integrated healthcare system comprising:
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a management entity, a medical collective consisting of and owned by a plurality individual physicians wherein the management entity has an ownership stake in the medical collective and provides management services thereto;
at least one medical goods or services provider; and
a cooperative agreement between said management entity, said medical collective, and said at least one medical goods or services provider, the cooperative agreement comprising;
a sales agreement between the management entity and the at least one medical goods or services provider whereby the management entity acts as the sales agent for the medical goods or service provider, the medical goods or services provider pays a commission to the management entity based on the sales of said medical goods or services provider'"'"'s goods or services by the individual physicians of the medical collective and other physician'"'"'s clients, and wherein the management entity distributes dividends from said commission to the individual physicians of the medical collective based on said individual physicians equity position in the medical collective;
an accounting agreement whereby purchases of goods or services from the goods or services provider paid for by a federal insurance program are not credited during calculation of the commission; and
a fee schedule whereby a fixed price is set for each good or service offered to the individual physicians of the medical collective by the at least one goods or services provider.
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20. A method of providing healthcare comprising the steps of:
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establishing a management entity;
establishing a medical collective owned jointly by a plurality of individual physicians wherein the management entity has an ownership stake in the medical collective and provides management services thereto;
forming a cooperative agreement between said management entity, said medical collective, and at least one medical goods or services provider to establish rights and responsibilities therebetween in procuring medical services and goods;
placing an order for at least one good or service by an individual physician through a hospital;
transferring said order from said hospital to the medical goods or services provider and said management entity;
shipping said medical goods or services from said medical goods or services provider to said individual physician at said hospital and billing said hospital;
calculating the total sales from all sales made by said medical goods or services provider generated by said management entity and said individual physicians of said medical collective;
paying a commission to said management entity from said medical goods or services provider based on the sales of said medical goods or services; and
distributing dividends from said commission to said individual physicians of the medical collective from said management entity based on said individual physicians equity position in the medical collective. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of providing healthcare comprising the steps of:
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establishing a management entity;
establishing a medical collective owned jointly by a plurality of individual physicians wherein the management entity has an ownership stake in the medical collective and provides management services thereto;
forming a cooperative agreement between said management entity, said medical collective, and at least one medical goods or services provider to establish rights and responsibilities therebetween in procuring medical services and goods;
setting a fee schedule whereby a fixed price is set for each good or service offered to the individual physicians of the medical collective by the at least one goods or services provider;
placing an order for at least one good or service by an individual physician through a hospital;
transferring said order from said hospital to the medical goods or services provider and said management entity;
shipping said medical goods or services from said medical goods or services provider to said individual physician at said hospital and billing said hospital;
calculating the total sales from all sales made by said medical goods or services provider generated by said management entity and said individual physicians of said medical collective;
paying a commission to said management entity from said medical goods or services provider based on the sales of said medical goods or services;
distributing dividends from said commission to said individual physicians of the medical collective from said management entity based on said individual physicians equity position in the medical collective; and
accounting for purchases of goods or services from the goods or services provider paid for by a federal insurance program such that such purchases are not credited during calculation of the commission.
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