Medical claims fraud prevention system including patient call initiating feature and associated methods
First Claim
1. A medical claim fraud prevention system comprising:
- a first controller positioned at a medical facility;
a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller; and
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a medical software system adapted to be in communication with the first controller;
wherein the medical software system prompts a user to enter medical information related to a patient;
wherein the medical software system sends the medical information related to the patient to the first controller;
wherein the first controller sends a signal requesting the location of the patient to the second controller responsive to the information received from the medical software system;
wherein the second controller initiates contact with the patient via a mobile telephone of the patient in response to the signal received from the first controller;
wherein the patient is prompted to enter information into the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone;
wherein the second controller receives information from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone, the information providing an indication of the patient'"'"'s location; and
wherein the second controller determines information received from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone properly identifies the patient and indicates the patient'"'"'s location being within a vicinity of the medical facility; and
wherein the second controller transmits an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller regarding whether the patient is within a vicinity of the medical facility based on the determination as to whether the information received from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone properly identifies the patient and indicates the patient'"'"'s location being within a vicinity of the medical facility.
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Abstract
A medical claim fraud prevention system includes a first controller positioned at a medical facility and a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller. The first controller may transmit a first signal to the second controller responsive to an occurrence of a predetermined event. The second controller may initiate contact with a patient via the patient'"'"'s mobile phone in response to the first signal received from the first controller, and the patient may be prompted to enter predetermined information to verify their location. The second controller may transmit an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller regarding whether the patient is within a predetermined vicinity of the medical facility based on the predetermined information entered by the patient to verify their location.
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28 Claims
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1. A medical claim fraud prevention system comprising:
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a first controller positioned at a medical facility; a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller; and
—a medical software system adapted to be in communication with the first controller; wherein the medical software system prompts a user to enter medical information related to a patient; wherein the medical software system sends the medical information related to the patient to the first controller; wherein the first controller sends a signal requesting the location of the patient to the second controller responsive to the information received from the medical software system; wherein the second controller initiates contact with the patient via a mobile telephone of the patient in response to the signal received from the first controller; wherein the patient is prompted to enter information into the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone; wherein the second controller receives information from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone, the information providing an indication of the patient'"'"'s location; and wherein the second controller determines information received from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone properly identifies the patient and indicates the patient'"'"'s location being within a vicinity of the medical facility; and wherein the second controller transmits an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller regarding whether the patient is within a vicinity of the medical facility based on the determination as to whether the information received from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone properly identifies the patient and indicates the patient'"'"'s location being within a vicinity of the medical facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of preventing medical claim fraud, the method comprising:
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prompting a user to enter medical information related to a patient using a medical software system; transmitting the patient information received by the medical software system to a first controller positioned at a medical facility that includes a user interface; transmitting a signal from the first controller to a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center responsive to the patient information received by the first controller from the medical software system, wherein the second controller is adapted to be in communication with the first controller; initiating a telephone call to a mobile telephone of the patient; prompting a patient to enter information into the mobile telephone, wherein the information provides an indication an indication of the patient'"'"'s location; and transmitting an indication from the second controller to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller of whether the patient is within a vicinity of the medical facility based on a determination as to whether the information received from the patient'"'"'s mobile telephone properly identifies the patient and indicates the patient'"'"'s location being within a vicinity of the medical facility. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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