Abstract: Effectuation of a health care provision agency cooperative function is established through a communication network linking all the various entities of the cooperative. The entities include the third party payor members, the health providing individuals, clinics, or the like, along with secondary providers including pharmacies and laboratories, health care facilities such as hospitals, and the several entities associated with management of the cooperative and appropriate funds transfer functions. A coordinating interface system maintains data storage of the necessary information, and manages the entity intercommunications in accordance with the basic structure of the active and eligible elements of the agency cooperative.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 1997
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2000
Assignee:
Integral Business Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Berkley Irving Freeman, Jr., Edgar William Smith