27. A system for consolidating edits that facilitate alteration of information of an insurance claim, said system comprising: a processor operable to execute software having instructions to: access an edit list, the edit list comprising a plurality of edits applicable to insurance claims, each of the plurality of edits comprising a directive of an insurance provider to correct or reject an insurance claim under specified circumstances, each edit of the plurality of edits having associated therewith an insurance-provider identifier representing the insurance provider; compare words of at least two edits of the edit list having a same insurance-provider identifier to determine similarity between the directive contained in each of the at least two edits for a specific insurance provider; wherein the comparison comprises computation of a discrete value indicative of a degree of similarity between the at least two edits of the edit list, the discrete value being based on a number of matched words in the at least two edits; reduce a number of the plurality of edits applicable to insurance claims for the specific insurance provider, the reduction comprising consolidating the at least two edits having the same insurance-provider identifier into a new edit based on a comparison of the discrete value to at least a predetermined threshold; and apply the reduced number of the plurality of edits to one or more insurance claims for the specific insurance provider, the application comprising assessment of validity for the one or more insurance claims.
27. A system for consolidating edits that facilitate alteration of information of an insurance claim, said system comprising: a processor operable to execute software having instructions to: access an edit list, the edit list comprising a plurality of edits applicable to insurance claims, each of the plurality of edits comprising a directive of an insurance provider to correct or reject an insurance claim under specified circumstances, each edit of the plurality of edits having associated therewith an insurance-provider identifier representing the insurance provider; compare words of at least two edits of the edit list having a same insurance-provider identifier to determine similarity between the directive contained in each of the at least two edits for a specific insurance provider; wherein the comparison comprises computation of a discrete value indicative of a degree of similarity between the at least two edits of the edit list, the discrete value being based on a number of matched words in the at least two edits; reduce a number of the plurality of edits applicable to insurance claims for the specific insurance provider, the reduction comprising consolidating the at least two edits having the same insurance-provider identifier into a new edit based on a comparison of the discrete value to at least a predetermined threshold; and apply the reduced number of the plurality of edits to one or more insurance claims for the specific insurance provider, the application comprising assessment of validity for the one or more insurance claims. 28. The system according to claim 27 , wherein the instructions to compute a discreet value indicative of the degree of similarity between the at least two edits further include instructions to determine intersection of the words of the at least two edits.