Automated system for medical item dispensing, billing, and inventory management
US9990466B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An inventory management system provided by an inventory management service provider senses removal of medical items from inventory to be dispensed to a patient. The system processes billing information to identify the patient's medical insurance provider, to identify a medical item supplier that is the preferred biller for the patient's medical insurance provider, and to determine whether the inventory management service provider is the identified preferred biller. If the inventory management service provider is the preferred biller, the system generates an invoice from the inventory management service provider to bill the patient's medical insurance provider. If the inventory management service provider is not the preferred biller, the system sends the billing information to the medical item supplier identified as the preferred biller, and generates a billing-only invoice directed to the medical item supplier identified as the preferred biller, which invoice is remit to the inventory management service provider.
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