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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Optum, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Lisa Dianne Rose, Godfrey, IL (US);
Michael J. Detolla, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Kelly Kay Romsdahl, Lakeville, MN (US);
Tanya A. Hendrickson, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Nancy E. Morden, Edina, MN (US);
Optum, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, computing entities for evaluating a medical encounter between a healthcare provider and a patient. Various embodiments evaluate a medical encounter to determine a classification of the medical encounter. An example method comprises receiving a claim data object comprising a plurality of code portions, each code portion corresponding to a dimension of the medical encounter; processing the claim data object to extract a plurality of code character strings, each code character string extracted from a corresponding code portion of the claim data object; generating a claim classification for the claim data object based at least in part on evaluating the plurality of code character strings with respect to at least one dimension relating to the provider's contribution to the encounter and at least one dimension relating to the patient's contribution to the encounter; and performing at least one classification-based action.