Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Fielding

Douglas R. Fielding 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).

  • Publication number: 20150294421
    Abstract: A system is provided for resolving issues with adjudicated claims. The system includes a server equipped with a portal; a plurality of healthcare providers which are in communication with said server by way of said portal, and which submit rejected or denied healthcare claims to the portal from a plurality of source systems running a plurality of distinct healthcare practice management programs; and at least one software program installed on said server which, in response to user input, edits the submitted healthcare claims, thereby producing a plurality of edited claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, James Scott Lacy, Eric L. Sinclair, III, Christopher L. Schremser
  • Publication number: 20150100349
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing online access to patient healthcare information. The method includes receiving patient healthcare information electronically for each of a plurality of patients from a plurality of healthcare providers and from a plurality of healthcare payers, wherein said healthcare information includes clinical data and financial information relating to a healthcare event in which a patient received healthcare treatment for a condition; providing a platform which is accessible online and which is equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI) in which (a) the healthcare events associated with each of the plurality of patients are arranged along a timeline, and (b) the healthcare information received for that patient is linked to the healthcare event to which it corresponds; and providing online access to the platform to each of the plurality of patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: James Scott Lacy, Douglas R. Fielding, Eric L. Sinclair, III
  • Publication number: 20140324448
    Abstract: A system for comparing parameters of the revenue cycle of a healthcare provider to benchmark values is provided. The system includes a revenue cycle management company which manages the revenue cycles of a plurality of healthcare providers, wherein each of said revenue cycles includes the submission of healthcare claims by one of said healthcare providers to a plurality of healthcare payers, and the receipt of healthcare claim payments and remittance advice from the plurality of healthcare payers in response to the submitted healthcare claims; a database associated with said revenue cycle management company, wherein said database contains data relating to a plurality of parameters of the revenue cycle of each of said plurality of healthcare providers; and a non-transitory, computer readable medium having recorded therein a software program that contains suitable programming instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ZIRMED,INC.
    Inventors: James Scott Lacy, Douglas R. Fielding, Eric L. Sinclair, III, Christopher L. Schremser, Jennifer A. Cress
  • Publication number: 20140278511
    Abstract: A method is provided for exchanging healthcare information between a plurality of healthcare providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ZIRMED, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, James Scott Lacy, Christopher L. Schremser, Dustin Wayne Hamilton, Bethany Ann Williams, Eric L. Sinclair, III
  • Patent number: 5887513
    Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of skewered kabobs on a barbecue grill is disclosed. The device comprises a bottom section having side members for retaining the ends of transverse skewers and a cover section which holds the skewers in place during the cooking process. Both bottom and cover sections have supporting leg members so that the device can be turned over during the cooking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: 5048882
    Abstract: A removable handle for a barbecue basket having an attached mounting bracket with spaced apart flange portions, each flange portion having an opening of a predetermined shape. The handle comprises elongated tong arms connected together by an integral flexible portion at one end with a projection at an outer unconnected end of each said tong arm. The projection is shaped in cross-section so as to extend and seat within the flange openings in the mounting bracket so as to retain the handle at different selected angles relative to the basket. A spring urges the tong arms apart so that the end projections will be held in engagement with the mounting bracket when placed within the bracket openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D359879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D359880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D366993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D385146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D385147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D385757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D411721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D412814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Charcoal Companion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fielding, Charles S. Adams
  • Patent number: D429889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Douglas R. Fielding
  • Patent number: D430461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Inventor: Douglas R. Fielding