Patents by Inventor Thomas Coast

Thomas Coast 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).

  • Automated healthcare cash account reconciliation system
    Patent number: 10783221
    Abstract: A system and method for reconciling a healthcare payment account includes receiving: (a) a first file that includes sorted and rebalanced explanation of benefits information from a healthcare payer, the first file generated by segregating comingled data for multiple healthcare providers or accounting systems; (b) a second file that includes payment information for a bank account of a healthcare provider; and, (c) a third file that includes accounting information from the healthcare provider; using reassociation and file splitting processes to match transactions of at least two files using rules based logic, and to calculate variances of transactions between at least two files; and, displaying at least one of variance via at least one GUI to facilitate reconciliation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret C. Dowling, Laurie Olender, Doreen Franks, Loretta Lehman, Heather Henkel, Patrick Gallagher, Thomas Coast, Bryan Jeffers, Matthew Feeney
  • Automated healthcare cash account reconciliation method
    Patent number: 10586019
    Abstract: A system and method for reconciling a healthcare payment account includes receiving: (a) a first file that includes sorted and rebalanced explanation of benefits information from a healthcare payer, the first file generated by segregating comingled data for multiple healthcare providers or accounting systems; (b) a second file that includes payment information for a bank account of a healthcare provider; and, (c) a third file that includes accounting information from the healthcare provider; using reassociation and file splitting processes to match transactions of at least two files using rules based logic, and to calculate variances of transactions between at least two files; and, displaying at least one of variance via at least one GUI to facilitate reconciliation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret C. Dowling, Laurie Olender, Doreen Franks, Loretta Lehman, Heather Henkel, Patrick Gallagher, Thomas Coast, Bryan Jeffers, Matthew Feeney