Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Insurance
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-29
2005-03-29
Thomas, Joseph (Department: 3626)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Insurance
C705S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06873960
ABSTRACT:
Methods for reducing fraud in a prescription healthcare program are described herein. The methods generally include registering a service provider with a prescription healthcare provider and issuing a service provider identification code to the service provider and registering an item of the service provider with the prescription healthcare provider to create a registered item and identifying a claim code for each registered item. The item can include at least one service, at least one good and combinations thereof. The method further includes issuing a smart card to an person related to the prescription healthcare program, wherein the smart card has a smart card identification feature to identify the person and using the smart card to determine if the person is the authorized bearer of the smart card and is eligible for benefits from the prescription healthcare program. The method further includes using the smart card- to facilitate a first transmission from the service provider to the prescription healthcare provider. The method further includes using the smart card to facilitate the second transmission from the prescription healthcare provider to the service provider. In one embodiment, the method includes using the smart card to facilitate a second transmission from the service provider to the prescription healthcare provider.
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White, Jr. Wesley Jack
Wood Richard Glee
Buskop Wendy
Buskop Law Group P.C.
Gilligan Christopher L.
Thomas Joseph
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