Method and apparatus for assessing credit for healthcare patients

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8930216
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13902528

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According to one example embodiment, there is provided a method and an apparatus to evaluate the credit of a healthcare patient. The example embodiment provides methods and computer systems programmed to use multiple variables that are known about a patient prior to a service being rendered to segment the patient population into finer grained groupings. These finer grained groupings allow financial factors, such as a credit score, to be a more accurate predictor. Also, according to another example embodiment, the model is not a generic model for all patients, but the variables and their parameters are specific to a particular healthcare organization's or facility's patient population. This creates a custom model that further enhances its predictiveness.

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Busch, Christopher G Golden Valley, US 6 119
Johnson, Steven G Eagan, US 49 2005

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