TELEHEALTH SYSTEMS
A telehealth system can include a telehealth conferencing module configured to allow a provider to communicate with a patient, and a health information module configured to provide patient medical record information to the provider to the telehealth conferencing module. The system can include a billing module operatively associated with the telehealth conferencing module and the health information module to receive service information relating to a telehealth visit and provide a billing output.
1 . A telehealth system, comprising:
a telehealth conferencing module configured to allow a provider to communicate with a patient;
a health information module configured to provide patient medical record information to the provider to the telehealth conferencing module; and
a billing module operatively associated with the telehealth conferencing module and the health information module to receive service information relating to a telehealth visit and provide a billing output.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the billing module is configured to aggregate the service information.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the billing output includes a billing file having the service information.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the billing file is a PDF file.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the billing module is configured to determine one or more billing strategies for the provider.
6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the billing output includes the one or more billing strategies.
7 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more billing strategies includes a plurality of billing strategies.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the billing module is configured to select a proposed billing strategy from the plurality of billing strategies.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the billing module is configured to output the proposed billing strategy.
10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the billing module is configured to determine one or more tasks based on substantive information in the service information and to look up a task value for each task from a task database.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the billing module is configured to determine a billing time based on one or more of a manual time entry and/or a telehealth visit duration in the service information.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the billing module is configured to provide a graphical user interface configured to receive a manually input time entry from a provider.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the billing module is configured to select the proposed billing strategy based on a comparison of total billing time value versus total task value based on aggregated task values.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the billing module is configured to provide the proposed billing strategy in a billing file.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the billing module is configured to automatically formulate and output details relating to the telehealth visit using the proposed billing strategy.
16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the telehealth conferencing module includes a videoconference pane and a health information pane, wherein the health information module is configured to output the patient medical record information to the health information pane.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the health information pane includes an interface for a provider to indicate whether the patient medical record information is reviewed.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the billing module is configured to confirm one or more billing tasks based on provider input to the health information pane.
19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions configured to cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
connecting a healthcare provider to a patient via a telehealth conferencing module;
receiving patient medical record information from an electronic medical record database;
displaying the patient medical record information in a health information pane;
receiving service information from the telehealth conferencing module;
receiving pre-teleconference time entry input and/or post-teleconference time entry input from the healthcare provider; and
determining a billing output based on the service information; and
outputting a billing file.
20 . A telehealth system, comprising:
a health information module configured to provide patient medical record information to a telecommunication platform during a telehealth visit between a patient and a medical provider; and
a billing module operatively associated with the telecommunication platform and the health information module to receive service information relating to a telehealth visit and provide a billing output.