POINT OF SERVICE TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICES FACILITIES
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1. A point of service self payment management system, comprising:
- at least one microprocessor based terminal at each of at least two points of service at a single care facility and controlled by the single provider; and
at least one transaction database for tracking, remotely from each of the at least one terminal, at least one customer of the care facility, current self payments due from the at least one customer to the care facility, and overdue self payments of the at least one customer due to the care facility;
wherein the care facility provides at least one new service transaction at each of the at least two points of service, and wherein each of the at least one new service transactions is rendered to at least one of the at least one customer pursuant to request for payment of the current self payments and the overdue self payments;
wherein the at least one terminal communicates with the at least one database via at least one network to provide.
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Abstract
The present invention enables the collection by credit/debit card payment of customer co-pay and self-pay charges via an integrated point-of-service transaction management system and method. The system and method of the present invention may assist health care facilities in the collection of co-pay and self-pay charges at the time service is rendered. The present invention can be implemented anywhere cash, checks, credit cards or debit cards are accepted for payment.
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24 Claims
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1. A point of service self payment management system, comprising:
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at least one microprocessor based terminal at each of at least two points of service at a single care facility and controlled by the single provider; and at least one transaction database for tracking, remotely from each of the at least one terminal, at least one customer of the care facility, current self payments due from the at least one customer to the care facility, and overdue self payments of the at least one customer due to the care facility; wherein the care facility provides at least one new service transaction at each of the at least two points of service, and wherein each of the at least one new service transactions is rendered to at least one of the at least one customer pursuant to request for payment of the current self payments and the overdue self payments; wherein the at least one terminal communicates with the at least one database via at least one network to provide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium for an integrated point of service transaction management system, the computer readable medium having thereon resident at least one program comprising instructions, which instructions, when executed by a computer processor, perform the steps of:
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Using a uniform graphical user interface, accessing at least one micro processor based terminal at each of at least two points of service at a single health care provider; and providing access to at least one remote database via the at least one terminal; wherein the single health care provider provides at least one differentiable service, including at least one health check service, at each of the at least two points of service, and wherein each of said at least one differentiable service is rendered to a customer; wherein the at least one terminal communicates with the at least one database via at least one network to track at least two of the at least one service rendered to the customer, self payments due from the customer for a first of the differentiable services, self payments due from a customer for a second of the differentiable services, and past due self payments from the customer for the first or second of the differentiable services. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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