Methods and systems for requesting and delivering supporting documents to
an insurance carrier to enable the carrier to process an insurance claim
for services rendered by a physician provider. Hard copies of supporting
documents are converted to electronic images that are accessible by the
carrier through the Internet, thereby eliminating the need for
communication between the provider and the carrier through regular mail.
The images are indexed based upon the insurance claim, the provider, the
patient, and/or the carrier to enable the carrier to access the images
associated with a specific insurance claim efficiently. In addition, the
insurance claim can be pre-adjudicated prior to delivering the claim to
the carrier for processing and can be approved and paid before the
carrier processes the claim.