13. The method of claim 1 ,further comprising: presenting the extracted billing information to the user for verification; and automatically generating a medical claim for the patient using the extracted billing information, if the extracted billing information is verified by the user.
1. A method for processing medical information, comprising the steps of: obtaining a medical record of a patient, wherein the medical record comprises patient information from structured and unstructured data sources; analyzing with a computer the patient information from at least the unstructured data source in the medical record using domain-specific criteria; and automatically extracting billing information from the medical record as part of the analysis.