AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF MEDICAL DATA FOR DISABILITY RATING DETERMINATIONS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of assisting medical evidence collection for adjudication of a medical disability request, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a claimant, at least one claim of a medical condition;
selecting, from a predetermined set of medical evidence queries, a plurality of claim-type specific medical evidence queries based on and limited by the at least one claim and based on and limited by a disability rating rules collection;
receiving medical evidence data responsive to the generated medical evidence queries;
determining, by a computer, a degree of disability based on the collected medical evidence data and the disability rating rules collection; and
wherein the selected plurality of medical evidence queries excludes queries, from the predetermined set of medical evidence queries, that are, based on the disability rating rules collection, not specific to the claim or claim type.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for automated processing of medical data for insurance and disability determinations. Based on medical conditions claimed by the claimant, medical evidence queries are automatically generated to provide instructions to medical providers for conducting physical exams and laboratory tests and for retrieving medical records. After medical evidence is collected according to the queries, the medical evidence and related rating codes and decisions are displayed to rating personnel in a user-friendly format to assist in making a rating decision.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of assisting medical evidence collection for adjudication of a medical disability request, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a claimant, at least one claim of a medical condition; selecting, from a predetermined set of medical evidence queries, a plurality of claim-type specific medical evidence queries based on and limited by the at least one claim and based on and limited by a disability rating rules collection; receiving medical evidence data responsive to the generated medical evidence queries; determining, by a computer, a degree of disability based on the collected medical evidence data and the disability rating rules collection; and wherein the selected plurality of medical evidence queries excludes queries, from the predetermined set of medical evidence queries, that are, based on the disability rating rules collection, not specific to the claim or claim type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method of assisting adjudication of a medical disability request, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a claimant, at least one claim of a medical condition; selecting, from a predetermined set of medical evidence queries, a plurality of claim-type specific medical evidence queries based on and limited by the at least one claim and based on and limited by a disability rating rules collection; excluding queries, from the predetermined set of medical evidence queries, that are, based on the disability rating rules collection, not specific to the claim or claim type; receiving medical evidence responsive to the generated medical evidence queries; determining, by a computer, a degree of disability based on the collected medical evidence data and the disability rating rules collection; and displaying, in a rating report, at least a portion of the collected medical evidence and the degree of disability. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A medical disability claims benefits system comprising:
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a rules mapping component, embodied in a computer readable medium, that organizes a medical disability rating rules collection into at least a first plurality of general medical evidence queries; a claimant-specific query creation component, embodied in a computer readable medium, that selects, from the first plurality of general queries a second plurality of claim-type specific medical evidence queries based on and limited by a claimed medical condition of a claimant and based on and limited by the disability rating rules collection; a protocol creation component, embodied in a computer readable medium, that creates a query protocol based on the second plurality of queries; a report creation component that receives medical evidence responsive to the at least one query protocol, and adapted to determine a degree of disability based on the collected medical evidence data and the medical disability rating rules collection; and wherein the second plurality of medical evidence queries excludes queries, from the first plurality of medical evidence queries, that are, based on the disability rating rules collection, not specific to the claim or claim type. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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