Patents by Inventor Jayanta Bhattacharya

Jayanta Bhattacharya 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).

  • Health cost calculator/flexible spending account calculator
    Patent number: 7426474
    Abstract: A method and system of providing comparative cost information for health insurance plans. Claims files are generated for the reference population of real historical patients for each the plans. Information is presented to users on the distribution of out-of-pocket costs for health care that users are likely to incur in the coming year, based on the parameters of health plans, information on the user and his/her household, and the actual health care use and costs for a reference population comparable to the users. Information is presented to users on optimal contributions to their flexible spending account for health care in the coming year and solving a dynamic numerical model based on users' objective function; solutions are based on the parameters of health plans, information on the user and his/her household, and the actual health care use and costs for a reference population comparable to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: The Rand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Schoenbaum, Mark Spranca, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Neeraj Sood
  • Health cost calculator/flexible spending account calculator
    Publication number: 20020147617
    Abstract: A method and system of providing comparative cost information for health insurance plans. Claims files are generated for the reference population of real historical patients for each the plans. Information is presented to users on the distribution of out-of-pocket costs for health care that users are likely to incur in the coming year, based on the parameters of health plans, information on the user and his/her household, and the actual health care use and costs for a reference population comparable to the users. Information is presented to users on optimal contributions to their flexible spending account for health care in the coming year and solving a dynamic numerical model based on users' objective function; solutions are based on the parameters of health plans, information on the user and his/her household, and the actual health care use and costs for a reference population comparable to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Schoenbaum, Mark Spranca, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Neeraj Sood