Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Health care management
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-08
2008-07-08
Gilligan, C. Luke (Department: 3626)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Health care management
C705S004000, C705S014270
Reexamination Certificate
active
07398217
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 C. Luke
Kohut David M
The Jasos Group, LLC
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