Methods, devices and systems for automatically generating invoices when
medical services are provided to a patient are described. Invoices are
automatically generated by the system, for example, when monitoring of
certain aspects of the performance of an implantable medical device(IMD)
implanted within a body of a patient is initiated by the patient or
remotely, or when the delivery of a therapy to the patient through the
IMD is initiated locally or remotely. The IMD is capable of
bi-directional communication with a communication module, a mobile
telephone and/or a Personal Data Assistant (PDA) located outside the
patient's body. The system invoicing system may comprise the IMD, the
communication module and/or a mobile telephone and/or a PDA, means for
generating an invoice, a remote computer system, and a communication
system capable of bi-directional communication, where the communication
module, the mobile telephone and/or the PDA is capable of receiving
information from the IMD or relaying information thereto.