Patents Assigned to ZirMed, Inc.
  • System and method for securing the remuneration of patient responsibilities for healthcare services in a revenue management cycle
    Patent number: 10719581
    Abstract: A method is provided for obtaining payment for services provided to a patient by a healthcare service provider. The method includes receiving a description (203) of the healthcare services to be provided to the patient by the healthcare service provider; obtaining a cost estimate (205) for the patient responsibility portion of the cost of the healthcare services; and receiving payment authorization (207) from the patient in the amount of the cost estimate along with the payment method information. The payment authorization includes authorization to withdraw funds in the estimated amount from an account associated with the patient. After the healthcare services have been provided to the patient or after all claims relating to the healthcare services have been adjudicated, funds are withdrawn (215) from the account in the authorized amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ZirMed, Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Lacy, Douglas Roy Fielding, Christopher Lawrence Schremser
  • System and Method for Securing the Remuneration of Patient Responsibilities for Healthcare Services in a Revenue Management Cycle
    Publication number: 20140046678
    Abstract: A method is provided for obtaining payment for services provided to a patient by a healthcare service provider. The method includes receiving a description (203) of the healthcare services to be provided to the patient by the healthcare service provider; obtaining a cost estimate (205) for the patient responsibility portion of the cost of the healthcare services; and receiving payment authorization (207) from the patient in the amount of the cost estimate along with the payment method information. The payment authorization includes authorization to withdraw funds in the estimated amount from an account associated with the patient. After the healthcare services have been provided to the patient or after all claims relating to the healthcare services have been adjudicated, funds are withdrawn (215) from the account in the authorized amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ZirMed, Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Lacy, Douglas Roy Fielding, Christopher Lawrence Schremser