Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130096932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE CREDITS TO SUBSCRIBERS - Systems and methods to manage health insurance are described. An individual can submit a request to enroll in a health insurance plan of an insurance provider. The individual can complete a health assessment with a health care provider associated with the insurance provider, and the insurance provider can review results of the health assessment to determine an amount of health care credits to award to the individual. An account servicer can manage a health care credits account associated with the individual. In implementations, the individual can be rewarded with additional health care credits on a periodic or event-driven basis, based on a health of the individual and other factors. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. Health care credits are transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value is based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 04-18-2013 |
20130096956 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING THE REDEMPTION OF HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods to manage health insurance are described. A subscriber of a health insurance plan with an insurance provider can receive health treatment from a health care provider. The subscriber can further have an account established with an account servicer, wherein the account comprises an amount of health care credits acquired or earned by the subscriber. The health care credits can be accepted as payment and can be applied to a balance due for the health treatment. When the health care credits are redeemed by the subscriber, the account servicer can deduct an appropriate amount of health care credits from the account of the subscriber. | 04-18-2013 |
20130304497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value can be based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 11-14-2013 |
20140074503 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. Health care credits are transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 03-13-2014 |
20140100869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferrable financial instruments whose initial value can be based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefitting behavior(s). | 04-10-2014 |
20140297305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. In various embodiments, health care credits are freely transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise freely conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 10-02-2014 |
20140350958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value can be based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 11-27-2014 |
20150081329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for exchanging freely transferrable health care credits are described. Health care credits are issued by a first entity to a second entity for satisfying metrics of good health over a predetermined time period. A value for satisfying the metrics of good health to the first entity is greater than a value of the health care credits provided to the second entity. | 03-19-2015 |