| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a healthcare transaction processor for reviewing and processing healthcare charge statements from the healthcare providers and claim payment statements from the healthcare payers, paying for the patient-responsible portion of the healthcare charges, and providing to the patients consolidated healthcare transaction statements that summarize (1) the total healthcare charges, (2) the payments for the payer-responsible portion of such charges by the healthcare payer, and (3) the payments for the patient-responsible portion of such charges by such third-party healthcare transaction processor. The present invention also relates to a health payment system that performs the dual functions of a conventional healthcare payer and of the healthcare transaction processor as described hereinabove.
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