Methods, program product, and systems for healthcare practice management

a technology for healthcare practice management and program products, applied in the field of health care management, can solve the problems of office managers being extremely costly, system is even more disadvantageous for the physician practice, and takes a great deal of time, so as to improve the relationship, eliminate the time and cost of research, and inform the decision.

a technology for healthcare practice management and program products, applied in the field of health care management, can solve the problems of office managers being extremely costly, system is even more disadvantageous for the physician practice, and takes a great deal of time, so as to improve the relationship, eliminate the time and cost of research, and inform the decision.

US20080059248A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-06JASOS INTPROP
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[0037] The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout, the prime notation, if used, indicates similar elements in alternative embodiments.

[0038]FIGS. 1A-6A illustrate systems and methods of optimizing profitability of healthcare practices and insurance networks by managing ancillary medical costs. As illustrated in FIG. 1A, Embodiments of the present invention preferably includes a healthcare consultation group 22 that forms an intermediary relationship between a healthcare practice 25 and an insurance network...

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Methods, program product, and systems are provided for optimizing profits for healthcare practices and insurance networks. The methods, program product, and systems include modifying physician's cost management behavior to enhance profitability of healthcare practices and insurance networks by identifying physicians that are not profitable because of cost management behavior and providing intervention to change the management behavior of the physician.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The application is a continuation of and claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 812,704, titled “Methods and System for Healthcare Practice Management,” filed Mar. 19, 2001, related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 812,703 titled “Methods For Collecting Fees For Healthcare Management Group” filed Mar. 19, 2001, which are each incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to the healthcare industry and, more particularly, to the field of healthcare management. [0004] 2. Description of Related Art [0005] In the healthcare industry, as illustrated in FIG. 1, physicians generally organize themselves into practice groups 25 and normally subcontract to an insurance network 30. The insurance network 30 is not limited to traditional insurance networks, i.e., Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, United Healthcare, etc., but also i...

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Application Information

Patent Timeline
06 Mar 2008
Publication
US20080059248A1
IPC
G06Q50/00; G06F17/30; G06Q10/06; G06Q10/10; G16H10/60
CPC
G06Q10/06; G06Q10/10; G06Q50/24; G06Q50/22; G06Q40/08
Inventors
LEWIS, CHARLES; MOORE, TERRANCE