HEALTH CARE FINANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A computer program product stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product having computer-executable code instructions which are executable on a computer server to determine eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance, the computer-executable code instructions comprising:
- first code instructions for receiving patient data;
second code instructions for comparing at least a portion of the patient data to qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in a database within a computer memory, each of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans offering defrayment of at least a portion of a health care expense incurred by the patient if the patient qualifies for the respective health care financial assistance plan;
third code instructions for determining if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and
fourth code instructions for providing notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for determining eligibility of a patient to receive financial assistance. The method utilizes health care financial assistance information associated with at least a first potential health care financial assistance plan and a second potential health care financial assistance plan, wherein the patient is not enrolled in either of the first or second potential health care financial assistance plans at the time of the determination of the eligibility, wherein the first potential health care financial assistance plan is provided by a first health care financial assistance plan provider, wherein the second potential health care financial assistance plan is provided by a second health care financial assistance plan provider, wherein the health care financial assistance information associated with the first potential health care financial assistance plan includes first provider qualification criteria and wherein the health care financial assistance information associated with the second potential health care financial assistance plan includes second provider qualification criteria. A system for financing health care is also disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer program product stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product having computer-executable code instructions which are executable on a computer server to determine eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance, the computer-executable code instructions comprising:
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first code instructions for receiving patient data; second code instructions for comparing at least a portion of the patient data to qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in a database within a computer memory, each of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans offering defrayment of at least a portion of a health care expense incurred by the patient if the patient qualifies for the respective health care financial assistance plan; third code instructions for determining if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and fourth code instructions for providing notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-based system for determining eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance, the system comprising:
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a computer server; a computer memory having computer-executable code instructions stored therein comprising; first code instructions for receiving patient data; second code instructions for comparing at least a portion of the patient data to qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in a database within the memory, each of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans offering defrayment of at least a portion of a health care expense incurred by the patient if the patient qualifies for the respective health care financial assistance plan; third code instructions for determining if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and fourth code instructions for providing notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method in a computer system having a computer server processor and a computer memory for determining eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at the computer server processor, over a communication network from a plurality of client machines, health care financial assistance information, including qualification criteria, for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans, each of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans offering defrayment of at least a portion of a health care expense incurred by the patient if the patient qualifies for the respective health care financial assistance plan; storing the health care financial assistance information in a database within the memory; receiving at the computer server processor, over a communication network from a client machine, patient data; comparing using the computer server processor at least a portion of the patient data to qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in the database within the memory; determining using the computer server processor if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and transmitting from the computer server processor notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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