Patents Assigned to Envoy LLC
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF A PATIENT FOR A MEDICAL SERVICE
    Publication number: 20140149135
    Abstract: A computer implemented method involving a medical service for a patient includes estimating an expected payment associated with the medical service for the patient based on a set of data including payments for similar medical services provided to a population of individuals. The method also includes estimating a cost expected to be borne by the patient for incurring the medical service based on the estimated expected payment and based on a set of parameters associated with a healthcare coverage plan of the patient. The method further includes presenting financial information that communicates the cost expected to be borne by the patient for incurring the medical service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ENVOY LLC
    Inventors: Gene BOERGER, Jaideep KULKARNI, Philip HARDIN, Geoff PACE
  • Method and system for estimating the financial liability of a patient for a medical service
    Patent number: 8645162
    Abstract: A computer implemented method involving a medical service for a patient includes estimating an expected payment associated with the medical service for the patient based on a set of data including payments for similar medical services provided to a population of individuals. The method also includes estimating a cost expected to be borne by the patient for incurring the medical service based on the estimated expected payment and based on a set of parameters associated with a healthcare coverage plan of the patient. The method further includes presenting financial information that communicates the cost expected to be borne by the patient for incurring the medical service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Envoy LLC
    Inventors: Gene Boerger, Jaideep Kulkarni, Philip Hardin, Geoff Pace