SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA
First Claim
1. A computer system to extract and integrate health care data from a plurality of health care payors, the computer system comprising:
- a computer configured to communicate with payor computer systems from two or more payors;
wherein the computer is configured to communicate with each of the payor computer systems of a type that includes one or more databases storing records of health care data of a type that are displayed in separate fields;
wherein the computer is configured to receive the health care data also of a type related to claims information from at least one payor computer system from each of the payors;
wherein the computer is configured to receive the claim information of a type that is organized for use by each of the payors;
wherein a normalized format is of a type that displays health care data from one or more sources such that any health care data associated with a health care record having the same meaning will be expressed in the same format despite any prior formatting; and
a staging database in communication with the computer;
wherein the staging database is configured to receive the claims information from each of the payor computer systems;
wherein the claims information from each of the payor computer systems are converted into the normalized format by a normalization system comprising;
a rules engine that establishes the predefined format, predetermines how each of the plurality of health care data is to appear in its respective field, and remodels any of the health care data that is not expressed as predetermined by the normalized format into the normalized format becoming normalized data such that all normalized data expressing information having the same meaning now expresses that meaning in the same format.
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Abstract
A computer system configured to extract and integrate health care data from a plurality of health care payors. The computer system includes a computer configured to communicate with payor computer systems from two or more payors. The computer is also configured to receive health care data of a type related to claims information. A staging database is in communication with the computer and configured to receive the claims information from each of the payor computer systems. The claims information is converted into a normalized format by a normalization system. A rules engine of the normalization system establishes the predefined format, predetermines how each of the plurality of health care data is to appear in its respective field, and remodels any of the health care data that is not expressed as predetermined by the normalized format into the normalized format. Normalized data expressing information having the same meaning will be expressed in the same format.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer system to extract and integrate health care data from a plurality of health care payors, the computer system comprising:
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a computer configured to communicate with payor computer systems from two or more payors; wherein the computer is configured to communicate with each of the payor computer systems of a type that includes one or more databases storing records of health care data of a type that are displayed in separate fields; wherein the computer is configured to receive the health care data also of a type related to claims information from at least one payor computer system from each of the payors; wherein the computer is configured to receive the claim information of a type that is organized for use by each of the payors; wherein a normalized format is of a type that displays health care data from one or more sources such that any health care data associated with a health care record having the same meaning will be expressed in the same format despite any prior formatting; and a staging database in communication with the computer; wherein the staging database is configured to receive the claims information from each of the payor computer systems; wherein the claims information from each of the payor computer systems are converted into the normalized format by a normalization system comprising; a rules engine that establishes the predefined format, predetermines how each of the plurality of health care data is to appear in its respective field, and remodels any of the health care data that is not expressed as predetermined by the normalized format into the normalized format becoming normalized data such that all normalized data expressing information having the same meaning now expresses that meaning in the same format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system to extract and integrate health care patient claims information from a plurality of health care payors, the computer system comprising:
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a computer configured to communicate with a plurality of payor computer systems from a plurality of payors, each of the plurality payor computer systems stores medical records containing patient claim data of a type where the claims data are displayed in separate fields; wherein the computer is configured to receive the claims data from the plurality of payor computer systems where the claims data is of a type that is organized for use by each of the payors; and wherein a normalized format is of a type that displays health care data including claims data from one or more sources such that any health care data associated with a health care record having the same meaning will be expressed in the same format despite any prior formatting; a staging database in communication with the computer; wherein the staging database is configured to receive the claims data from each of the payor computer systems; wherein the claims data from each of the payor computer systems is converted into the normalized format by a normalization system comprising; a rules engine that establishes the predefined format and predetermines how each of the claims data is to appear in its respective field, and remodels any of the health care data that is not expressed as predetermined by the normalized format into the normalized format becoming normalized data such that all normalized data expressing information having the same meaning now expresses that meaning in the same format; and wherein the computer is configured to transfer the normalized data over a data network to another payor or a disease management organization. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system to extract and integrate health care patient claims information from a plurality of health care payors, the computer system comprising:
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a computer configured to communicate with a plurality of payor computer systems from a plurality of payors, each of the plurality payor computer systems stores medical records containing patient claim data of a type where each of the claims data is displayed in a separate field; and a staging database in communication with the computer; wherein the staging database is configured to receive the claims data from each of the payor computer systems; wherein the claims data from each of the payor computer systems is converted into a normalized format by a normalization system; wherein the normalized format is of a type that displays health care data including claims data from one or more sources such that any health care data associated with a health care record having the same meaning will be expressed in the same format despite any prior formatting; and wherein the normalization system comprises; a rules engine that establishes the predefined format and predetermines how each of the claims data is to appear in its respective field, and remodels any of the health care data that is not expressed as predetermined by the normalized format into the normalized format becoming normalized data such that all normalized data expressing information having the same meaning now expresses that meaning in the same format.
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