Patents by Inventor Itzchak J. Palka

Itzchak J. Palka 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: 20240070736
    Abstract: A computerized analysis system for automated anomaly identification is configured to operate at a large scale by retrieving claimline data for a period of time from an input data store. The claimline data includes a plurality of billing codes and prices of the plurality of billing codes. The computerized analysis system is further configured to determine a set of changepoints in the plurality of billing codes in the claimline data and to determine a parameter based on the set of changepoints. The computerized analysis system is also configured to identify a chargemaster increase in response to the parameter exceeding a threshold. In response to identification of the chargemaster increase, the computerized analysis system is configured to publish an alert that indicates occurrence of the chargemaster increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
  • Patent number: 11810165
    Abstract: A computerized analysis system includes a data retrieval module, a spike filter module, a chargemaster analysis module, and an alert module. The data retrieval module is configured to retrieve claimline data for a period of time from an input data store. The claimline data includes billing codes and prices of the billing codes associated with a provider. The spike filter module is configured to flag and filter price spikes in the claimline data. The chargemaster analysis module is configured to determine whether a changepoint exists in the billing codes in the claimline data. The chargemaster analysis module is configured to identify a chargemaster increase for the provider in response to a statistical parameter of changepoints exceeding a threshold. The alert module is configured to, in response to identification of a chargemaster increase, publish an alert that a chargemaster increase has occurred for the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
  • Patent number: 11810164
    Abstract: An analysis system includes a data retrieval module that retrieves claimline data for a period of time. The claimline data includes multiple billing codes and corresponding prices associated with a provider. An analysis module receives the claimline data from the data retrieval module, determines whether a changepoint exists in the billing codes in the claimline data, determines a statistical parameter of changepoints per day during the period of time, and identifies a chargemaster increase for the provider in response to the statistical parameter of changepoints exceeding a threshold. An alert module, in response to identification of a chargemaster increase, publishes an alert that a chargemaster increase has occurred. The alert includes the provider's identification, a chargemaster increase date, a claimline number, a changepoint number, the billing code identification, or a price of the billing code at the changepoint. The alert transforms a user interface displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
  • Patent number: 11379921
    Abstract: A computerized processing system includes a communication interface configured to receive, from a user device, inputs defining rules for calculating reimbursements for healthcare services and receive historical claims data. The historical claims data includes a plurality of claims submitted to an insurance provider over a previous predetermined period. A contract development module is configured to generate a contract based on the inputs; match the claims in the historical claims data to respective ones of the rules in the contract as defined by the inputs; calculate costs associated with the contract using the claims in the historical claims data and the rules; and output, for display via a user interface, a report including the calculated costs associated with the contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventor: Itzchak J. Palka