Patents by Inventor Gene BOERGER

Gene BOERGER 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).

  • 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
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF A PATIENT FOR A MEDICAL SERVICE
    Publication number: 20070271119
    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: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Gene BOERGER, Jaideep KULKARNI, Philip HARDIN, Geoff PACE