Abstract: A system advantageously eliminates the need for a new software release to implement modifications or a new version of an existing form, or to create a new form. The system provides data for incorporation in a form. An acquisition processor automatically acquires data representing information for incorporation in a form. A pre-processor uses predetermined rules in processing the acquired data by: parsing the acquired data to identify individual data elements in the acquired data, associating the individual data elements with corresponding locations on a target form, and storing the individual data elements and corresponding associated location data in data records. A transformation processor converts the data records into a structured language executable by a processing device.

Abstract: A system for processing claim data related to provision of healthcare to a patient includes an interface processor for receiving data related to a claim for provision of healthcare to a particular patient and including a claim type identifier. At least one repository includes predetermined claim generation rules for use in generating a claim for submission to a payer institution. The claim generation rules are hierarchically organized to enable more frequently applied rules to be identified and applied first. The repository also includes information associating particular rules to be applied with a particular claim type. A claim processor generates a claim of a particular type for submission to a particular payer institution by applying claim generation rules derived from the repository in a predetermined priority in response to the received claim type identifier.