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Health and welfare benefit enrollment and billing system and method

  • US 6,067,522 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1996
  • Issued: 05/23/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A health and welfare benefit enrollment and billing system, comprising:

  • enrolling means for enrolling at least one person in at least one health and welfare benefit plan provided by at least one health and welfare benefit plan provider, said enrolling means includingmeans for recording an enrollment history for the at least one person, said enrollment history including a plurality of records, said plurality of records including one or more records identifying historical coverage options, a record identifying present coverage options, and one or more records identifying future coverage options, said means for recording being operative to generate a new record each time a modification is made to an enrollment;

    means for determining whether the at least one person has met a prerequisite to being enrolled in a future coverage option in the at least one health and welfare benefit plan; and

    means, responsive to said means for determining, for adding a record to said enrollment history that reflects that said prerequisite has been met; and

    bill generating means for generating a bill for fees due to the at least one health and welfare benefit plan provider as a result of the enrollment of the at least one person in the at least one health and welfare benefit plan.

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