Prescription Price Messenger

• US 20140278520A1
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: XeoTech, LLC
• Original Assignee: XeoTech, LLC
• Inventors: Abuzeni, Patrick, Perryman, Roger D.
• Granted Patent: US 10,665,336 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

The transfer of prescription medication pricing requests from a patient is automated through the use of a clearinghouse function that interacts with the client. The patient may transmit from a downloaded mobile application or from a web browser on a mobile device a request for pricing information for one or more drugs or medications. The request will contain an authentication key or the names of drugs or medications and a physical location for the mobile device used by the patient. A drug pricing server then returns the pricing for both name brand and generic forms of all drugs or medications in the request and a location of a pharmacy or fulfillment center within a pre-set distance from the mobile device used by the patient.

Claims

1. A method for requesting and receiving secure prescription pricing, comprising:

initializing a secure communications channel between a mobile device and an electronic clearinghouse comprising a secure database of prescription information;

transmitting a request using the secure communications channel to retrieve pricing for one or more drugs or medications from the secure database of prescription information;

generating a prescription pricing record for the one or more drugs or medications;

transmitting the generated prescription pricing record to the mobile device;

presenting the generated prescription pricing record on the display of the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure communications channel is initiated from a mobile application downloaded to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted request comprises an authentication key received from a physician or other authenticated prescriber.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the authentication key is used as a key to a database record for a patient containing the names of the one or more drugs or medications for which pricing information is retrieved from the secure database of prescription information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the pricing information populating the generated prescription pricing record includes pricing for at least a generic form and a name brand form of each drug or medication.

6. A method as in claim 1, wherein the transmitted request comprises a drug key for one or more drug or medication names.

7. A method for requesting and receiving secure prescription pricing, comprising:

initializing a secure communications channel between a mobile device and an electronic clearinghouse comprising a secure database of prescription information;

transmitting a request using the secure communications channel to retrieve pricing for one or more drugs or medications from the secure database of prescription information;

generating a prescription pricing record for the one or more drugs or medications containing pricing information and location information for a pharmacy or other fulfillment location;

transmitting the generated prescription pricing record to the mobile device;

presenting the generated prescription pricing record on the display of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the secure communications channel is initiated from a mobile application downloaded to the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitted request comprises an authentication key and location information comprising one of a ZIP code, GPS data, or map coordinate data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the authentication key is used as a key to a database record for a patient containing the names of the one or more drugs or medications for which pricing information is retrieved from the secure database of prescription information.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the pricing information populating the generated prescription pricing record includes pricing for at least a generic form and a name brand form of each drug or medication.

12. A method as in claim 7, wherein the transmitted request comprises a drug key for one or more drug or medication names and location information comprising one of a ZIP code, GPS data, or map coordinate data.