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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Barbara Elizabeth Patterson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Stacy Pourfallah, Oakland, CA (US);
Janet Pruitt, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nigel Smith, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Barbara Elizabeth Patterson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Stacy Pourfallah, Oakland, CA (US);
Janet Pruitt, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nigel Smith, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Visa U.S.A. Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Healthcare insurance coverage is determined using an account within a payment processing system. A transmission addressed to the payment processing system is formed including an account number of an account associated with the payment processing system, a description of a healthcare related commodity rendered to a patient deriving healthcare insurance through an insured, and request for a specification of financial responsibility of the insured for the described said healthcare related commodity. A transmission is received from the payment processing system including the requested specification of financial responsibility.