Healthcare incentive system and method

An incentive system comprising:

• a general purpose computer;
• and
• one or more databases operatively connected to the general purpose computer;
• the one or more databases including encounter records, clinical records, patient records, and provider records;
• the general purpose computer programmed to;
• receive at least a portion of a provider payment request, the provider payment request including a provider identifier, a patient identifier, medical codes, and clinical information, the clinical information and the medical codes related to a medical condition;
• verify that the provider identifier is associated with a provider record;
• verify that the patient identifier is associated with a patient record;
• update an encounter record associated with the patient identifier with the provider identifier and the medical codes;
• update a clinical record associated with the patient identifier with the clinical information;
• and
• grant a provider associated with the provider identifier access to the patient record associated with the patient identifier, access to clinical records associated with the patient identifier and the medical condition, and access to encounter records associated with the patient identifier and the medical condition.

A method for facilitating healthcare services comprising:

• receiving at a computer at least a portion of an electronic provider payment request, the portion of the provider payment request including a provider identifier, a patient identifier, and a service identifier representing a current service rendered by the provider, the service identifier related to a medical condition;
• identifying by the computer a patient record in a database, the patient record associated with the patient identifier;
• identifying by the computer a provider record in a database, the provider record associated with the provider identifier;
• associating by the computer the provider identifier with both the patient identifier and with the service identifier in a database to update a current unbounded virtual team associated with the patient identifier, the current unbounded virtual team including other providers with unique provider identifiers that are associated with the patient identifier and with a past service identifier related to the medical condition;
• and
• granting information access to a medical record for the patient by the computer to the provider associated with the provider identifier, the medical record related to the medical condition and the medical record including clinical data from the other providers who are members of the current unbounded virtual team;
• and
• accessing through the computer the medical record for the patient, and basing further treatment for the medical condition at least in part on the medical record.

A method for facilitating healthcare services comprising:

• receiving at a computer at least a portion of an electronic provider payment request from a provider, the portion of the provider payment request relating to a current service rendered for a patient;
• determining by the computer whether the request for payment should be paid;
• determining by the computer whether the current service rendered qualifies the provider for a bonus;
• creating by the computer a virtual unbounded team of healthcare providers, the team including healthcare providers who rendered past services for the patient within a predetermined period of time, and each rendered past service qualified the healthcare provider who rendered the past service for a bonus;
• adding the provider to the virtual unbounded team by the computer based on whether the current service qualifies the provider for a bonus;
• and
• granting access to medical records for the patient by the computer to each provider on the virtual unbounded team.