Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Health care management
Reissue Patent
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Gilligan, Luke (Department: 3626)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Health care management
75, 75
Reissue Patent
active
RE042508
ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems are provided for optimizing profits for healthcare practices and insurance networks. The methods and systems include modifying physician's cost management behavior to enhance profitability of healthcare practices and insurance networks by identifying physicians that are not profitable because of cost management behavior and providing intervention to change the management behavior of the physician.
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Lewis Charles
Moore Terrance
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Gilligan Luke
Jasos Intellectual Property LLC
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