Systems and methods for documenting home care services
First Claim
1. A method for documenting home care services for providing reimbursement in the situation where a claimant has a relationship with a servicing entity, the claimant being cared for by a caregiver, the method comprising:
- a caregiver entering the home of a claimant;
the caregiver interfacing with a data input portion, which is disposed in the home of the claimant, prior to providing a service to the claimant so as to input a first data set into the data input portion;
the caregiver providing the service to the claimant;
upon completion of the service, the caregiver again interfacing with the data input portion to identify completion of the service, the first data set constituting collected data; and
transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to systems and methods for documenting home care services for providing reimbursement in the situation where a claimant has a relationship with a servicing entity. In particular, the invention relates to the situation where a claimant is being cared for by a caregiver. The method may comprise a caregiver entering the home of a claimant; the caregiver interfacing with a data input portion, which is disposed in the home of the claimant, prior to providing a service to the claimant so as to input a first data set into the data input portion; the caregiver providing the service to the claimant; upon completion of the service, the caregiver again interfacing with the data input portion to identify completion of the service, the first data set constituting collected data; and transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for documenting home care services for providing reimbursement in the situation where a claimant has a relationship with a servicing entity, the claimant being cared for by a caregiver, the method comprising:
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a caregiver entering the home of a claimant;
the caregiver interfacing with a data input portion, which is disposed in the home of the claimant, prior to providing a service to the claimant so as to input a first data set into the data input portion;
the caregiver providing the service to the claimant;
upon completion of the service, the caregiver again interfacing with the data input portion to identify completion of the service, the first data set constituting collected data; and
transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for documenting home care services for providing reimbursement in the situation where a claimant has a relationship with a servicing entity, the claimant being cared for by a caregiver, the system comprising:
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a data input portion disposed in the home of the claimant, a caregiver entering the home of a claimant and interfacing with the data input portion prior to providing a service to the claimant so as to input a first data set into the data input portion, and upon completion of the service, the caregiver again interfacing with the data input portion to identify completion of the service and so as to input a second data set into the data input portion, the first data set and the second data set constituting collected data; and
a servicing entity, the data input portion transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity, and the servicing entity effecting review of the collected data so as to provide reimbursement to the caregiver. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for documenting home care services for providing reimbursement in the situation where a claimant has a relationship with a servicing entity, the claimant being cared for by a caregiver, the method comprising:
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a caregiver entering the home of a claimant;
the caregiver interfacing with a data input portion, which is disposed in the home of the claimant, prior to providing a service to the claimant so as to input a first data set into the data input portion;
the caregiver providing the service to the claimant;
upon completion of the service, the caregiver again interfacing with the data input portion to identify completion of the service, the first data set constituting collected data; and
transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity; and
wherein the first data set consists of a caregiver code;
wherein the transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity is performed using a data processing entity, and wherein;
the data processing entity inputting the collected data from the data input portion;
the data processing entity processing the collected data to generate processed collected data; and
the data processing entity outputting the processed collected data to the servicing entity; and
further including, after transmitting the collected data to the servicing entity, the servicing entity determining the service type and the hourly rate based on the caregiver code. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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