Method for saving medication costs by redistributing unused medications
First Claim
1. A method of redistributing a medication, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a request to fill a prescription for the medication of a patient serviced by a patient care facility;
b) assembling unit doses of the medication based upon the prescription, each of the unit doses being individually identified with a lot number and an expiration date;
c) distributing the assembled unit doses to the patient care facility;
d) receiving an unused portion of the unit doses from the patient care facility;
e) storing the unit doses; and
f) redistributing the unit doses within an indicated expiration date.
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Abstract
There is provided a method of saving medication costs by redistributing unused medications. The method first features the step of receiving a request to fill a prescription for the medication of a patient serviced by a patient care facility. Thereafter, unit doses of the medication are assembled based upon the prescription. Each of the unit doses are individually identified with a lot number and an expiration date. The method further features the step of distributing the assembled unit doses to the patient care facility. Then, an unused portion of the unit doses is received from the patient care facility. An amount of such unused portion is identified and credited to the patient care facility. The identified unused portion of the unit doses are stored and later redistributed so as to mitigate the cost of the medication.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of redistributing a medication, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a request to fill a prescription for the medication of a patient serviced by a patient care facility;
b) assembling unit doses of the medication based upon the prescription, each of the unit doses being individually identified with a lot number and an expiration date;
c) distributing the assembled unit doses to the patient care facility;
d) receiving an unused portion of the unit doses from the patient care facility;
e) storing the unit doses; and
f) redistributing the unit doses within an indicated expiration date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of mitigating a medication cost for a medication, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a request to fill a prescription for the medication of a patient serviced by a patient care facility;
b) assembling unit doses of the medication based upon the prescription, each of the unit doses being individually identified with a lot number and an expiration date;
c) distributing the assembled unit doses to the patient care facility;
d) receiving an unused portion of the unit doses from the patient care facility;
e) identifying an amount of the unused portion of the unit doses; and
f) crediting the patient care facility for the identified unused portion of the unit doses to mitigate the medication cost of the medication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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