Healthcare cash management accounting system
First Claim
1. A method of automatic cash accounting for use in a hospital, comprising the activities of:
- receiving, via a message processor first message data including a first income amount total value, representing cash income received during a first time period, and an associated first income source identifier identifying one of a plurality of departments internal to said hospital providing said associated first income amount total value;
receiving, via said message processor, second message data identifying medical insurance reimbursement income amounts received for services rendered to multiple patients during said first time period; and
automatically processing, via a data processor, said first and second received message data by,identifying an income account associated with said one of said departments based on said first income source identifier, and for updating said identified income account with said first income amount total value to indicate said first income amount total value received by said identified income account during said first time period,collating and combining data representing total values from a plurality of income accounts to provide a first income amount cumulative total value representing combined cash income total value for all of said departments during said first time period andcombining said reimbursement income amounts with said cash total value for said departments during said first time period to provide a total amount, andcreating a financial statement record using said total amount during said first time period.
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Abstract
An automatic cash accounting system for use in a healthcare enterprise includes a message processor and a data processor. The message processor receives message data including an income amount value, representing cash income received during a time period, an associated income source identifier, and a patient identifier. The income source identifier identifies a department internal to the healthcare enterprise providing the associated income amount value. The patient identifier identifies a patient. The data processor processes the received message data to identify an income account associated with the department based on the income source identifier, and updates the identified income account with the income amount value to indicate the income amount value received by the identified income account during the time period. The data processor identifies a patient account associated with a patient based on the patient identifier, and updates the patient account with the income amount value to indicate the income amount received by the patient account during the time period. The data processor collates and combines data from the income accounts and the patient accounts to provide a first income amount total value and/or a second income total value, respectively, representing combined cash income for the departments and for the patients, respectively, during the time period.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of automatic cash accounting for use in a hospital, comprising the activities of:
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receiving, via a message processor first message data including a first income amount total value, representing cash income received during a first time period, and an associated first income source identifier identifying one of a plurality of departments internal to said hospital providing said associated first income amount total value; receiving, via said message processor, second message data identifying medical insurance reimbursement income amounts received for services rendered to multiple patients during said first time period; and automatically processing, via a data processor, said first and second received message data by, identifying an income account associated with said one of said departments based on said first income source identifier, and for updating said identified income account with said first income amount total value to indicate said first income amount total value received by said identified income account during said first time period, collating and combining data representing total values from a plurality of income accounts to provide a first income amount cumulative total value representing combined cash income total value for all of said departments during said first time period and combining said reimbursement income amounts with said cash total value for said departments during said first time period to provide a total amount, and creating a financial statement record using said total amount during said first time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of automatic cash accounting for use in a healthcare enterprise, comprising the activities of:
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receiving, via a message processor, a plurality of messages corresponding to a plurality of individual cash transactions performed during a first time period and associated with a hospital department, arid an individual message includes a transaction income amount total value and an associated first source identifier identifying one of a plurality of departments internal to said hospital providing said associated transaction income amount value and a medical insurance reimbursement income amount value for services rendered to a particular patient and an associated patient identifier; processing, via a data processor, said received plurality of messages for, identifying an income account associated with said one of said departments based on said first income source identifier, and for updating said identified income account to indicate said transaction income amount total value received during said first period, identifying an income account associated with said patient based on said patient identifier, and updating said identified patient income account to reflect said medical insurance reimbursement income amount value received accumulating a plurality of individual cash transaction income amount total values for transactions performed during said first time period for said hospital department to provide a cumulative total value for said first time period, collating and combining cumulative total values associated with a corresponding plurality of departments to provide a first income amount total value representing combined cash income for said departments during said first time period and creating a financial statement record using said combined cash income total value for said departments during said first time period and data derived from said patient income amount. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of cash accounting for use in a hospital, comprising the activities of:
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via a message processor, receiving first message data including a first income amount total value determining income received during a first time period and an associated first source identifier, said first source identifier identifying one of a plurality of departments internal to said hospital providing said associated first income amount total value, and receiving second message data including a second income amount total value determining income received during said first time period and an associated second source identifier, said second source identifier identifying one of a plurality of organizations external to said hospital providing said associated second income amount total value, wherein said second message data identifies medical insurance reimbursement income amounts for multiple patients; and collating and combining, via a data processor, a plurality of first income amount total values from a corresponding plurality of departments to provide a first income amount cumulative total value representing combined cash income for said departments for said first time period, and for collating and combining a plurality of second income amount total values from a corresponding plurality of organizations to provide a second income amount cumulative total value representing combined cash income from said organizations for said first time period and creating a financial statement record using said cumulative total value representing combined cash income for said departments and said second income amount cumulative total value for said first time period. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for an automatic cash accounting system for use in a healthcare enterprise, comprising the activities of:
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receiving, via a message processor, message data including a first income amount total value determining income received during a first time period and an associated first source identifier, said first source identifier identifying one of a plurality of departments internal to said hospital providing said associated first income amount total value, said message data also indicating a plurality of individual cash transactions performed during said first time period and associated with multiple patients, and an individual message data item includes a transaction income amount value and an associated transaction income source identifier, said transaction income source identifier identifying one of a plurality of patients providing said associated transaction income amount value; identifying, via a data processor, an income account associated with said one of said patients based on said transaction income source identifier, and for updating said identified income account to indicate said transaction income amount value received by said identified income account during said first time period and creating a financial statement record usina said hospital department first income amount total value and said transaction income amount value for said first time period. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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