Credentialer/medical malpractice insurance collaboration

Abstract

An inventive process is disclosed for linking a medical malpractice insurance application with a credentialing questionnaire. The insurance information is automatically transferred from the insurance application to a credentialing questionnaire, and this information is then used to generate a credentialing application.

1 . A process of linking a medical malpractice insurance application with a credentialing questionnaire, the process comprising the steps of:
 obtaining a release of previously submitted insurance information, wherein the insurance information was previously submitted to an associated insurance entity;   electronically transferring at least a portion of the information from the medical malpractice insurance application to the credentialing questionnaire; and,   electronically forwarding the credentialing questionnaire to an associated healthcare provider for review and approval.   
     
     
         2 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises the steps of:
 providing at least one blank space on the questionnaire where information from the insurance policy does not match with at least one question on the questionnaire; and,   requesting information from the healthcare provider to fill in the at least one blank space.   
     
     
         3 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises the step of:
 forwarding the completed questionnaire to an associated credentialing entity.   
     
     
         4 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises the steps of:
 inserting means for obtaining the healthcare provider's permission, for release of the insurance information to a credentialing entity, into the insurance application; and,   electronically forwarding all of the insurance applications with an affirmative response to the credentialing entity.   
     
     
         5 . The process of  claim 4 , wherein the process comprises the steps of:
 generating a second credentialing application;   electronically transferring the insurance information from the insurance application to the second credentialing application; and,   sending the second credentialing application to another health organization to which the healthcare provider must provide credentialing.   
     
     
         6 . The process of  claim 5 , wherein the process further comprises the step of:
 repeating the preceding three steps of  claim 5 .   
     
     
         7 . The process of  claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises the step of:
 verifying the information.   
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for linking a medical malpractice insurance application with a credentialing questionnaire, the computer readable medium comprising the steps of:
 transferring at least of portion of information from the medical malpractice insurance application to the credentialing questionnaire; and,   forwarding the credentialing questionnaire to an associated healthcare provider for review and approval.   
     
     
         9 . The computer readable medium of  claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
 providing at least one blank space on the questionnaire where information from the insurance policy does not match with at least one question on the questionnaire; and,   requesting information from the healthcare provider to fill in the at least one blank space.   
     
     
         10 . The computer readable medium of  claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
 forwarding the completed questionnaire to an associated credentialing entity.   
     
     
         11 . The computer readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the process further comprises the steps of:
 inserting means for obtaining the healthcare provider's permission, for release of the insurance information to a credentialing entity, into the insurance application; and,   forwarding all of the insurance applications with an affirmative response to the credentialing entity.   
     
     
         12 . The computer readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the process comprises the steps of:
 generating a second credentialing application;   transferring the insurance information from the insurance application to the second credentialing application; and,   sending the second credentialing application to another health organization to which the healthcare provider must provide credentialing.   
     
     
         13 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the process further comprises the step of:
 repeating the preceding three steps of  claim 12 .   
     
     
         14 . The computer readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the process further comprises the step of:
 verifying the information.