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SYSTEMATIC PAYMENT AUDITING

  • US 20110112851A1
  • Filed: 11/12/2009
  • Published: 05/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer system for medical payment analysis, the computer system comprising:

  • a machine capable of executing instructions embodied as software; and

    a plurality of software portions stored on a first memory coupled to the machine, whereinone of said software portions is configured to store in a second memory a plurality of payment amounts received from a facility wherein each payment amount is associated with a claim and wherein each claim includes at least one billing code,one of said software portions is configured to validate a plurality of pricing models stored in the first memory,one of said software portions is configured to retrieve from the first memory the plurality of pricing models and to retrieve from the second memory the plurality of payment amounts,one of said software portions is configured to associate each of the plurality of payment amounts with one of the plurality of pricing models based on the claim submitted by the facility and the at least one billing code,one of said software portions is configured to associate a target amount for the at least one billing code based on the associated pricing model, andone of said software portions is configured to compare the associated target amount to each payment amount to identify a payment discrepancy and wherein responsive to identifying the payment discrepancy, identifying the payment amount as a failed claim to an end user.

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