Patents by Inventor John T. Staton

John T. Staton 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: 20100257126
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that is useful by hospitals and other healthcare providers for automatically determining the best possible or maximum amount of payments a healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive for healthcare resources which takes into account various discounts agreed upon by the healthcare provider with various private insurance companies as well as public (i.e., government) insurance providers, which administer managed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid, all payments received against expected payments and a yield measurement approach for determining the providers performance at a given point in time and across various segments of its operations. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, contracts between a healthcare provider and all private insurance companies and public insurance providers may be modeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Mary A. Tolan, Stephen B. Smith, John T. Staton, Brian J. Rubin
  • Publication number: 20100070301
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that is useful by hospitals and other healthcare providers for automatically determining the best possible or maximum amount of payments a healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive for healthcare resources which takes into account various discounts agreed upon by the healthcare provider with various private insurance companies as well as public (i.e., government) insurance providers, which administer managed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid, all payments received against expected payments and a yield measurement approach for determining the providers performance at a given point in time and across various segments of its operations. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, contracts between a healthcare provider and all private insurance companies and public insurance providers may be modeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Mary A. Tolan, Stephen B. Smith, John T. Staton, Brian J. Rubin
  • Patent number: 7672858
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that is useful by hospitals and other healthcare providers for automatically determining the best possible or maximum amount of payments a healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive for healthcare resources which takes into account various discounts agreed upon by the healthcare provider with various private insurance companies as well as public (i.e., government) insurance providers, which administer managed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid, all payments received against expected payments and a yield measurement approach for determining the providers performance at a given point in time and across various segments of its operations. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, contracts between a healthcare provider and all private insurance companies and public insurance providers may be modeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Accretive Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary A. Tolan, Stephen B. Smith, John T. Staton, Brian J. Rubin
  • Publication number: 20090326974
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that is useful by hospitals and other healthcare providers for automatically determining the best possible or maximum amount of payments a healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive for healthcare resources which takes into account various discounts agreed upon by the healthcare provider with various private insurance companies as well as public (i.e., government) insurance providers, which administer managed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid, all payments received against expected payments and a yield measurement approach for determining the providers performance at a given point in time and across various segments of its operations. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, contracts between a healthcare provider and all private insurance companies and public insurance providers may be modeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Mary A. Tolan, Stephen B. Smith, John T. Staton, Brian J. Rubin