Automated Healthcare Risk Management System Utilizing Real-time Predictive Models, Risk Adjusted Provider Cost Index, Edit Analytics, Strategy Management, Managed Learning Environment, Contact Management, Forensic GUI, Case Management And Reporting System For Preventing And Detecting Healthcare Fraud, Abuse, Waste And Errors
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1. A method for identifying and preventing improper healthcare payments, comprising the steps of:
- a. access data on historic claims;
b. analyze the data to create a predictive scoring model;
c. access at least one current claim to process;
d. calculate at least one fraud and abuse score for the at least one current claim;
e. provide reason codes to support the calculated fraud and abuse score for the at least one current claim;
f. process the at least one claim against a Provider Cost Index;
g. process the at least one claim using Edit Analytics decision logic;
h. sort and rank the at least one claim based upon the at least one predictive model score, Provider Cost Index and Edit Analytics failures,whereby the capability to cost-effectively identify, queue and present only the highest-risk and highest value claims to investigate.
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Abstract
The Automated Healthcare Risk Management System is a real-time Software as a Service application which interfaces and assists investigators, law enforcement and risk management analysts by focusing their efforts on the highest risk and highest value healthcare payments. The system'"'"'s Risk Management design utilizes real-time Predictive Models, a Provider Cost Index, Edit Analytics, Strategy Management, a Managed Learning Environment, Contact Management, Forensic GUI, Case Management and Reporting System for individually targeting, identifying and preventing fraud, abuse, waste and errors prior to payment. The Automated Healthcare Risk Management System analyzes hundreds of millions of transactions and automatically takes actions such as declining or queuing a suspect payment. Claim payment risk is optimally prioritized through a Managed Learning environment, from high risk to low risk for efficient resolution by investigators.
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1. A method for identifying and preventing improper healthcare payments, comprising the steps of:
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a. access data on historic claims; b. analyze the data to create a predictive scoring model; c. access at least one current claim to process; d. calculate at least one fraud and abuse score for the at least one current claim; e. provide reason codes to support the calculated fraud and abuse score for the at least one current claim; f. process the at least one claim against a Provider Cost Index; g. process the at least one claim using Edit Analytics decision logic; h. sort and rank the at least one claim based upon the at least one predictive model score, Provider Cost Index and Edit Analytics failures, whereby the capability to cost-effectively identify, queue and present only the highest-risk and highest value claims to investigate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An internet software service for identifying and preventing improper healthcare payments comprising:
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a server connected to the internet, the server containing a program running in memory which is configured to; a. access data on historic claims; b. analyze the data to create a predictive scoring model; c. access at least one current claim to process; d. calculate at least one fraud and abuse score for the at least one current claim; e. provide reason codes to support the calculated fraud and abuse score for the at least one current claim; f. process the at least one claim against a Provider Cost index; g. process the at least one claim using Edit Analytics decision logic; h. sort and rank the at least one claim based upon the at least one predictive model score, Provider Cost Index and Edit Analytics failures, whereby the capability to cost-effectively identify, queue and present only the highest-risk and highest value claims to investigate.
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28. An Automated Healthcare Risk Management System comprised of:
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a. Hosted Software as a Service technology design; b. Real-time multi-dimensional predictive models to identify individual healthcare cost dynamic fraud; c. Real-time multi-dimensional predictive models to identify individual healthcare cost dynamic abuse; d. Real-time multi-healthcare segment population risk-adjusted provider cost index to identify individual healthcare cost dynamic waste; e. Real-time multi-healthcare segment edit analytics to identify individual healthcare cost dynamic errors; f. Strategy manager to cost-effectively identify, queue and present only the highest-risk and highest value claims to investigators, as identified by any combination of predictive model score, provider cost index or edit analytics; g. Managed learning environment, combined with contact management, to segment populations for organizing test/control actions and treatments to measure and maximize return; h. Forensic graphical user interface, combined with case management reporting system to efficiently navigate, investigate and pursue suspect cases as presented by the strategy manager and managed learning environment. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of detecting fraud or abuse or waste or errors individually, in the healthcare industry, the method comprising:
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a. Inputting historical claims data; b. Developing scoring variables from the historical claims data; c. Developing claim, provider, healthcare merchant and patient statistical behavior patterns by specialty group, facility, provider geography and patient geography and demographics based on the historical healthcare claims data and other external data sources and external scores, and/or link analysis; d. Inputting at least one claim, or components of the claim, for scoring; e. Combining the variables into the predictive model by calculating a probability score, and f. Determining a score for at least one claim, using the predictive model selected from the group consisting of the predictive model which detects fraud, the predictive model which detects abuse, the predictive model which detects waste. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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42. A method of detecting errors individually, in the healthcare industry, the method comprising:
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a. Inputting historical claims data; b. Developing edit analytics variables from the historical claims data; c. Developing edit compliance errors by specialty group, facility, provider geography and patient geography and demographics based on the historical healthcare claims data and other external data sources and external scores, and/or link analysis; d. Inputting at least one claim, or components of the claim, for calculating the edit analytics; e. Combining the variables into the edit analytics by applying compliance or client edits, and f. Determining an edit failure for at least one claim, using the edit analytics which determines errors.
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