DIRK W.R. SURINGA, M.D.
Medical Practice at Habana Ave, Tampa, FL

2006024, Nov 2, 2006

Apr 29, 2005

11/118281

Dirk Suringa - Tampa FL, US

G06Q 10/00, G06Q 40/00

705002000, 705004000

In a system and method for verifying the accurate processing of medical insurance claim data generated by a health care provider, a health care provider enters medical insurance claim information (data) into a health care provider terminal. The medical insurance claim data may include patient identification data and treatment data. The health care provider terminal stores and transmits the medical insurance claim data to a medical insurance claim processor operated by a medical insurance company. The medical insurance claim processor processes the claim data received from the health care provider terminal and generates processed claim data. Processed claim data may include patient identification data, treatment data, and payment data. Upon receipt of the processed claim data, the health care provider terminal compares the processed claim data with the stored medical insurance claim data originally submitted to the medical insurance claim processor. The health care provider terminal then generates comparison data indicating whether the stored medical insurance claim data has been processed in accordance with predetermined claim processing rules, which may be negotiated and agreed to by the health care provider and the medical insurance company. The comparison data also identifies processing errors, if any, in the processed claim data received from the medical insurance claim processor. The health care provider terminal may also generate and retransmit revised medical insurance claim data when the processed claim data has not been processed in accordance with the predetermined processing rules. Also, the health care provider terminal may automatically retransmit the medical insurance claim data to the medical insurance claim processor when the medical insurance claim data have not been processed within a defined period of time. Additionally, the health care provider terminal may verify the accuracy of treatment data prior to transmitting the medical insurance claim data to the medical insurance claim processor.