Patents Assigned to Cave Consulting Group
  • Method, system, and computer program product for physician efficiency measurement and patient health risk stratification
    Patent number: 7739126
    Abstract: A method for measuring physician efficiency and patient health risk stratification is disclosed. Episodes of care are formed from medical claims data and an output process is performed. Physicians are assigned to report groups, and eligible physicians and episode assignments are determined. Condition-specific episode statistics and weighted episode statistics are calculated, from which physician efficiency scores are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Cave Consulting Group
    Inventors: Douglas G. Cave, Kyu Sung Cho