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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- obtaining location-time data automatically generated by a mobile electronic device associated with a healthcare provider;
correlating the location-time data with a location for a healthcare patient; and
using the location-time data to bill for care of the healthcare patient by the healthcare provider.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining location-time data automatically generated by a mobile electronic device associated with a healthcare provider, correlating the location-time data with a location of a healthcare patient, and using the location-time data to bill for care of the healthcare patient by the healthcare provider.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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obtaining location-time data automatically generated by a mobile electronic device associated with a healthcare provider; correlating the location-time data with a location for a healthcare patient; and using the location-time data to bill for care of the healthcare patient by the healthcare provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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presenting, to a user of a mobile computing device, a schedule for treatment of one or more healthcare patients; generating, with the mobile computing device, location data for the mobile computing device at locations of the one or more healthcare patients; and submitting the location data to a central service for comparison of the location data to locations associated with the one or more healthcare patients, and for generation of billing event information if the comparison indicates that the user of the mobile device was present at the locations of the one or more healthcare patients. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented performance verification system, comprising:
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a database storing location data representing geographic locations for healthcare patients; a schedule database storing data representing treatment times for the healthcare patients; and a processor programmed to compare the location data with time-location data for healthcare providers so as to determine whether the healthcare patients received care from the healthcare providers, and to trigger one or more billing events for the care. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
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memory storing time-location information for a plurality of healthcare providers in a healthcare system, the time-location information correlating a physical location of a healthcare provider with a time the healthcare provider was at the physical location; memory storing location information for a plurality of healthcare patients; and means for comparing the time-location information to the location information to determine whether healthcare providers gave care to the healthcare patients.
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