Medical document attachment handling
First Claim
1. A computerized method for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim comprising:
- providing a billing claim based on a first patient workflow;
automatically identifying a document associated with the billing claim based on the first patient workflow;
submitting the claim to a payor over a first communications network; and
sending the document to the payor over the first communications network.
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Abstract
Automating medical practice workflow and billing presents difficulties in many aspects, especially in interacting with the workflow, other healthcare providers, and within the constraints of payor requirements. Disclosed are methods, systems, software and means for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim. In one implementation, there is a computerized method for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim. The method, typically executed in software, includes providing a billing claim based on a patient'"'"'s workflow, the billing claim typically associated with an a payor such as an insurance provider. The method also involves automatically identifying a document associated with the billing claim based on the patient'"'"'s workflow. Typically the claim is submitted to the payor and the document is sent to the payor as well, the communications with the payor occurring over a communications network.
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1. A computerized method for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim comprising:
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providing a billing claim based on a first patient workflow; automatically identifying a document associated with the billing claim based on the first patient workflow; submitting the claim to a payor over a first communications network; and sending the document to the payor over the first communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim comprising:
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a workflow processing engine performing one or more automated patient workflow tasks associated with information associated with an event related to a patient, a rules engine in communication with the workflow processing engine for repeatedly and automatically interacting with the information associated with the event by applying one or more rules in a set of rules to the information in connection with the performance of the one or more of the automated patient workflow tasks; an intelligent transactions relationship module in communication with the workflow processing engine and a payor server for repeatedly and automatically interacting with the information associated with the event by performing transactions with the payor server in connection with the performance of one or more automated patient workflow tasks; and an attachment processing module in communication with the workflow processing engine and the intelligent transactions relationship module for identifying a document associated with the information associated with the event and for interacting with the intelligent transactions relationship module to send the document to the payor server. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computerized means for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim comprising:
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means for providing a billing claim based on a patient workflow; means for automatically identifying a document associated with the billing claim based on the patient workflow; means for submitting the claim to a payor over a communications network; and means for sending the document to the payor over the communications network.
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22. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for automatically providing additional documentation to reconcile a billing claim, the computer program product including instructions being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:
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provide a billing claim based on a patient workflow; identify a document associated with the billing claim based on the patient workflow; submit the claim to a payor; and send the document to the payor.
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