CONTROLLED ORDERING OF SUPPLIES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS

• US 20170185953A1
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DexCom Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DexCom Incorporated
• Inventors: Hall, Thomas, Dalforno, Brian, Hugel, Matthew Ryan, Koehler, Katherine Yerre
• Application Number:
  US15/386,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for controlling the ordering of medical device supplies. In some aspects, a method includes authorizing a user to submit an order for supplies associated with a prescribed medical device; receiving information associated with the authorized user including (i) eligible items permitted to be purchased such as the user'"'"'s prescription for the medical device and/or compatibility of components associated with the medical device, and (ii) pricing of the eligible items based on an insurance plan of the user; determining eligibility of the user to purchase the one or more supplies submitted in the order based on analysis the information; and determining payment information for payers associated with purchase of the determined eligible one or more supplies submitted in the order, in which the payment information for payers include a co-payment for the user and a covered payment for a carrier of the insurance plan.

Claims

1. A method for controlling ordering of supplies for a medical device, comprising:

determining, at a server, authorization of a user to submit an order for one or more supplies associated with a medical device prescribed to the user;

receiving, at the server, information associated with the authorized user, wherein the information includes (i) eligible items permitted to be purchased by the user based on one or more of (a) the user'"'"'s prescription for the medical device or (b) compatibility of components associated with the medical device, and (ii) pricing of the eligible items associated with the medical device based on an insurance plan of the user;

determining, at the server, eligibility of the user to purchase the one or more supplies submitted in the order based on analysis the information; and

determining, at the server, payment information for payers associated with purchase of the determined eligible one or more supplies submitted in the order, wherein the payment information for payers include a co-payment for the user and a covered payment for a carrier of the insurance plan.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the authorization of the user includes determining whether the user has a single account on the server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the server, the order for the one or more supplies associated with the medical device prescribed to the user,

wherein the medical device is a continuous analyte monitor, and the components of the medical device include a receiver, a transmitter, and at least one sensor.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving the order includes:

generating a first user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of at least one receiver component associated with the medical device;

receiving, at the server, a first selection of the at least one receiver;

determining, at the server using the information, at least one transmitter that is compatible to the selected at least one receiver;

generating a second user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of the at least one transmitter associated with the medical device;

receiving, at the server, a second selection of the at least one transmitter;

determining, at the server using information, at least one sensor that is compatible to the selected at least one transmitter;

generating a third user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of the at least one sensor associated with the medical device; and

receiving, at the server, a third selection of the at least one sensor.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving the order includes:

generating a user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of one or more receiver components associated with the medical device, one or more transmitter components associated with the medical device, and at least one sensor associated with the medical device, the generating including, prior to presentation of the user interface, determining that the one or more transmitter components are compatible to the one or more receiver components based on the analysis of the information, and that the at least one sensor is compatible to the one or more transmitter components.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

initiating a delivery of the selected receiver, the selected at least one transmitter, and/or the selected at least one sensor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the information pertaining to the pricing includes receiving at least some of the information from a computer operated by the carrier of the insurance plan.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the information includes analyzing the compatibility of at least one component associated with the medical device among the eligible items with at least one other component associated with the medical device, wherein the compatibility of the components is based on one or more of a model of at least some of the components, an identity of at least some of the components, a previous purchase of at least some of the components, or a software version of at least some of the components.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the medical device is a continuous analyte monitor, and the components of the medical device include a receiver, a transmitter, and at least one sensor, and wherein, when the receiver is the user'"'"'s mobile device including a smartphone, tablet, or smartwatch, the components of the medical device include a software application operable on the receiver.

10. A system for controlling ordering of supplies for a medical device, comprising:

a controlled ordering software application operable on a user computing device to (i) receive user input indicative of an order for the one or more supplies associated with a medical device prescribed to a patient user, and (ii) cause transmission of the user input by the user computing device; and

one or more secure computers including at least one processor and at least one memory including program code which when executed by the at least one processor causes operations of the one or more secure computers, comprising;

receiving the user input,

determining authorization of the patient user to submit the order for one or more supplies associated with a medical device,

processing ordering information associated with the authorized patient user, wherein the ordering information includes (i) eligible items permitted to be purchased by the patient user based on one or more of (a) the patient user'"'"'s prescription for the medical device or (b) compatibility of components associated with the medical device, and (ii) pricing of the eligible items associated with the medical device based on an insurance plan of the patient user,

determining eligibility of the patient user to purchase the one or more supplies submitted in the order based on the processing of the ordering information, and

determining payment information for payers associated with purchase of the determined eligible one or more supplies submitted in the order, wherein the payment information for payers include a co-payment for the patient user and a covered payment for a carrier of the insurance plan.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the medical device is a continuous analyte monitor, and the components of the medical device include a receiver, a transmitter, and at least one sensor.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the program code, which when executed by the at least one processor of the one or more secure computers, causes operations further comprising:

determining that one or more transmitter components associated with the medical device are compatible to the one or more receiver components associated with the medical device based on the processing of the ordering information, and that one or more sensor components associated with the medical device are compatible to the one or more transmitter components,

generating a limited user interface to enable presentation and/or selection of the determined compatible one or more receiver components, one or more transmitter components, and/or one or more sensor components, and

providing the limited user interface to the user computer device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein determination of the authorization of the patient user includes determining whether the patient user has a single account on the server.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the processing of the ordering information includes analyzing the compatibility of at least one component associated with the medical device among the eligible items with at least one other component associated with the medical device, wherein the compatibility of the components is based on one or more of a model of at least some of the components, an identity of at least some of the components, a previous purchase of at least some of the components, or a software version of at least some of the components.

15. A computing apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor including at least one memory including program code which when executed by the at least one processor causes operations comprising;

determining, at a server, authorization of a patient user of a medical device to submit an order for one or more supplies associated with the medical device prescribed to the patient user;

receiving, at the server, information associated with the authorized patient user, wherein the information includes (i) eligible items permitted to be purchased by the patient user based on one or more of (a) the patient user'"'"'s prescription for the medical device or (b) compatibility of components associated with the medical device, and (ii) pricing of the eligible items associated with the medical device based on an insurance plan of the patient user;

determining, at the server, eligibility of the patient user to purchase the one or more supplies submitted in the order based on analysis the information; and

determining, at the server, payment information for payers associated with purchase of the determined eligible one or more supplies submitted in the order, wherein the payment information for payers include a co-payment for the patient user and a covered payment for a carrier of the insurance plan.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the program code which when executed by the at least one processor causes operations further comprising:

receiving, at the server, the order for the one or more supplies associated with the medical device prescribed to the patient user, wherein the medical device includes a sensor, a transmitter to transmit data acquired by the sensor, and a receiver to receive the transmitted data; and

initiating a delivery of the selected receiver, the selected at least one transmitter, and/or the selected at least one sensor.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the receiving the order includes:

generating a first user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of at least one receiver component associated with the medical device;

receiving, at the server, a first selection of the at least one receiver;

determining, at the server using the information, at least one transmitter that is compatible to the selected at least one receiver;

generating a second user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of the at least one transmitter associated with the medical device;

receiving, at the server, a second selection of the at least one transmitter;

determining, at the server using information, at least one sensor that is compatible to the selected at least one transmitter;

generating a third user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of the at least one sensor associated with the medical device; and

receiving, at the server, a third selection of the at least one sensor.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the receiving the order includes:

generating a user interface view to enable presentation and/or selection of one or more receiver components associated with the medical device, one or more transmitter components associated with the medical device, and at least one sensor associated with the medical device, the generating including, prior to presentation of the user interface, determining that the one or more transmitter components are compatible to the one or more receiver components based on the analysis of the information, and that the at least one sensor is compatible to the one or more transmitter components.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the receiving the information pertaining to the pricing includes receiving at least some of the information from a computer operated by the carrier of the insurance plan.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the analysis of the information includes analyzing the compatibility of at least one component associated with the medical device among the eligible items with at least one other component associated with the medical device, wherein the compatibility of the components is based on one or more of a model of at least some of the components, an identity of at least some of the components, a previous purchase of at least some of the components, or a software version of at least some of the components.