METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND FORWARDING PAST MEDICAL CLAIMS PROCESSED BY A FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY TO A DIFFERENT SECOND INSURANCE COMPANY

摘要

A method that includes storing claim records for patients. Each record stores (a) personal information associated with one of the patients, and (b) claim information received from a claim data provider. The claim information stored in some of the records was submitted to different insurance companies. The claim information stored in some of the records was received from different claim data providers. A member identifier is automatically generated for each of the records as a function of a portion of the personal information stored in the record, and the record is associated with the member identifier. A member identifier is automatically generated as a function of a portion of personal information associated with a particular patient. A record associated with the same member identifier generated for the particular patient is identified and a portion of the claim information stored in the identified record is forwarded to a recipient insurance company.