ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,305, issued on May 12, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for prediction and estimation of medical claims payments" was invented by Kevin M. Zahora (Liberty Township, Ohio), Jennifer A. Carlson (Broomfield, Colo.), Charles E. Fuller III (Westminster, Colo.), Jessica P. Deschane (Thornton, Colo.) and Paul D. Canino (Miller Place, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for calculating medical claims payment estimates may receive a medical claim for a first patient including billing code(s) and demographic data, apply the demographic data to identify payer(s) for the first patien...