ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,445, issued on April 8, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Automated medical coding" was invented by Massi Joe E. Kiani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for improving reimbursement rates from payors for services or procedures provided by a medical care provider are disclosed herein. In some examples, reimbursement can be improved by improving the accuracy of medical coding of services and diagnosis codes through the use of machine learning techniques. In some examples, the system can suggest codes more likely to get reimbursed by a payor through analysis of patient data and/or ins...