Patents by Inventor Deborah J. Belcher

Deborah J. Belcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for managing the exchange of information between healthcare systems
    Patent number: 7778844
    Abstract: An improved system for managing the exchange of information between healthcare systems. The system automatedly processes a healthcare data inquiry to produce a response readable by a requestor. This response may include content data, such as claims attachment data requested in a healthcare claims attachment inquiry. The content data may reside on data stores which the system must access in order to retrieve the necessary content data. The system may use criteria for automatedly interpreting the healthcare data inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: IDX Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Mary J. Ammer, Deborah J. Belcher, Monique Harold, Esther Khoury
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEETING PAYER PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20080288280
    Abstract: A system and method for processing healthcare service data is herein disclosed. The system comprising a decision engine in communication with a process manager and a knowledge source. The decision engine receives at least one protocol from the knowledge source that is derived by automated learning and applies the at least one protocol to healthcare service data and transmits a response to the process manager such that the response is indicative of a next workflow step to be taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Deborah J. Belcher, Mary J. Ammer, William Estel Cheetham, Rajesh Venkat Subbu, Feng Xue, Bernhard Joseph Scholz, Piero Patrone Bonissone