CPT code search engine for backend bundling of healthcare services and a virtual payment system
US11341556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H20/00
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A CPT-Code search engine for backend bundling of healthcare services and a virtual payment system. Various implementations provide a CPT Code-based search engine for backend bundling by an aggregate billing source to transact and pay debt owed for healthcare services on behalf of consumers of varied healthcare services from diverse providers and facilities. Various implementations provide a predetermined bundled set of healthcare services defined by CPT and related codes producing search results in an easy-to-understand consumer-friendly format. Also presented is an apparatus and associated methods for bundling the debt of a plurality of healthcare services downstream from a healthcare service provider based on collecting a single payment from a consumer that has already received the healthcare services and distributing payment to a plurality of providers and facilities for at least one of the healthcare services. Some backend bundled services and debt may be converted to tradeable health assets.
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