An integrated medical database system for the emergency medical
transportation business. The system includes a dispatch and demographic
module, a clinical module, an administration module and a billing module.
Each module may communicate data with one or more of the other modules to
form a system incorporating data sharing, thus achieving an end-to-end
automation of emergency medical care accounting. Internal consistency
checks are performed by the system to ensure that proper treatments are
performed according to a chosen diagnosis. The system includes a billing
modifier module operating on data from the dispatch and demographic
module. In one embodiment, the billing modifier module applies Geographic
Practice Cost Index (GPCI) and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
billing modifiers based on modifiable computerized rules so as to provide
a more accurate charge to the payer. The results of the billing modifier
module are forwarded to the billing module.