Healthcare eligibility transactions
First Claim
1. A method of providing eligibility information to a healthcare service provider and registering a point-of-sale terminal of the healthcare service provider, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a host computer system, healthcare service provider program participation registration information over a financial network from the point-of-sale terminal, the healthcare service provider program participation registration information including a first identifier identifying the point-of-sale terminal and an identification of the healthcare service provider;
determining, by the host computer system using the first identifier, that the healthcare service provider is eligible to be a participant in a healthcare service provider program by performing a lookup to determine if the healthcare service provider has previously registered with the host computer system using healthcare service provider program participation registration materials, wherein the healthcare service provider program includes providing subscriber eligibility information to the healthcare service provider regarding a subscriber'"'"'s eligibility to receive healthcare services from the healthcare service provider;
creating, by the host computer system, a healthcare service provider record including the healthcare service provider program participation registration information, wherein the healthcare service provider record is utilized in identifying the healthcare service provider during subsequent requests to provide subscriber eligibility information to the healthcare service provider;
determining, by the host computer system, a confirmation of healthcare service provider program participation registration;
linking, by the host computer system, the first identifier with information identifying a device disposed at a location of the healthcare service provider in a database, wherein the device is different from the point-of-sale terminal;
establishing a communication path to the device with the information identifying the device; and
transmitting the confirmation of healthcare service provider program participation registration of the point-of-sale terminal to the device over the communication path before receiving a subscriber eligibility authorization request to determine if the subscriber is eligible to receive healthcare services from the healthcare service provider.
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Abstract
Methods and systems permit registration of a service provider and permit eligibility information to be provided to the service provider. Registration information is received over a financial network from a point-of-sale terminal. The registration information has an identifier associated with the point-of-sale terminal and an identification of the service provider. The identifier is associated with information identifying a device disposed at a location of the service provider in a database, permitting a communication path to the device to be established. A confirmation of registration of the point-of-sale terminal is transmitted to the device over the communication path.
46 Citations
27 Claims
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1. A method of providing eligibility information to a healthcare service provider and registering a point-of-sale terminal of the healthcare service provider, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a host computer system, healthcare service provider program participation registration information over a financial network from the point-of-sale terminal, the healthcare service provider program participation registration information including a first identifier identifying the point-of-sale terminal and an identification of the healthcare service provider; determining, by the host computer system using the first identifier, that the healthcare service provider is eligible to be a participant in a healthcare service provider program by performing a lookup to determine if the healthcare service provider has previously registered with the host computer system using healthcare service provider program participation registration materials, wherein the healthcare service provider program includes providing subscriber eligibility information to the healthcare service provider regarding a subscriber'"'"'s eligibility to receive healthcare services from the healthcare service provider; creating, by the host computer system, a healthcare service provider record including the healthcare service provider program participation registration information, wherein the healthcare service provider record is utilized in identifying the healthcare service provider during subsequent requests to provide subscriber eligibility information to the healthcare service provider; determining, by the host computer system, a confirmation of healthcare service provider program participation registration; linking, by the host computer system, the first identifier with information identifying a device disposed at a location of the healthcare service provider in a database, wherein the device is different from the point-of-sale terminal; establishing a communication path to the device with the information identifying the device; and transmitting the confirmation of healthcare service provider program participation registration of the point-of-sale terminal to the device over the communication path before receiving a subscriber eligibility authorization request to determine if the subscriber is eligible to receive healthcare services from the healthcare service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27)
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16. A method of providing subscriber eligibility information to a healthcare provider and registering a point-of-sale terminal of the healthcare provider, the subscriber eligibility information indicating eligibility of a subscriber to receive a service from the healthcare provider in accordance with a policy of an insurer, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a host computer system, healthcare provider program participation registration information over an ATM network from the point-of-sale terminal, the healthcare provider program participation registration information including a first identifier identifying the point-of-sale terminal and an identification of the healthcare provider, wherein the healthcare provider program participation registration information was extracted from a magnetic-stripe registration card read by the point-of-sale terminal; determining, by the host computer system using the first identifier, that the healthcare provider is eligible to be a participant in a healthcare provider program by performing a lookup to determine if the healthcare provider has previously registered with the host computer system using healthcare provider program participation registration materials, wherein the healthcare provider program includes providing subscriber eligibility information to the healthcare provider regarding a subscriber'"'"'s eligibility to receive healthcare services from the healthcare provider; determining, by the host computer system, a confirmation of healthcare provider program participation registration; linking the first identifier with information identifying a fax machine or computer disposed at a location of the healthcare provider in a database; establishing a communication path to the fax machine or computer with the information identifying the fax machine or computer; transmitting the confirmation of healthcare provider program participation registration of the point-of-sale terminal to the fax machine or computer over the communication path before receiving a subscriber eligibility authorization request; receiving the subscriber eligibility authorization request over the ATM network from the point-of-sale terminal, the subscriber eligibility authorization request including the first identifier, a second identifier identifying the subscriber, and a nominal transaction amount, wherein the second identifier comprises an identifier extracted from a magnetic-stripe card issued to the subscriber; retrieving the subscriber eligibility information from a data store using the second identifier; retrieving the information identifying the fax machine or computer from the database; establishing a second communication path to the fax machine or computer with the information identifying the fax machine or computer; transmitting the subscriber eligibility information over the second communication path to the fax machine or computer; and transmitting a response to the subscriber eligibility authorization request over the ATM network to the point-of-sale terminal.
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17. A system for providing subscriber eligibility information to a healthcare provider and registering a point-of-sale terminal of the healthcare provider, the system comprising:
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a communications device coupled with an ATM network; a processor; a storage device; a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising a computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for directing operation of the system, the computer-readable program including; instructions for receiving healthcare provider program participation registration information with the communications device over the ATM network from the point-of-sale terminal, the healthcare provider program participation registration information including a first identifier identifying the point-of-sale terminal and an identification of the healthcare provider; instructions for determining that the healthcare provider is eligible to be a participant in a healthcare provider program by performing a lookup to determine if the healthcare provider has previously registered with the host computer system using healthcare provider program participation registration materials, wherein the healthcare provider program includes providing subscriber eligibility information to the healthcare provider regarding a subscriber'"'"'s eligibility to receive healthcare services from the healthcare provider; instructions for determining a confirmation of healthcare provider program participation registration; instructions for linking the first identifier with information identifying a fax machine or computer disposed at a location of the healthcare provider on the storage device; instructions for establishing a communication path from the communications device to the fax machine or computer with the information identifying the fax machine or computer; instructions for transmitting the confirmation of healthcare provider program participation registration of the point-of-sale terminal to the fax machine or computer over the communication path with the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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