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Method and system for charging customers for prescription alignment

  • US 8,364,503 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/2010
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon and executable by a processor to perform a method for charging a customer for a prescription alignment service, the prescription alignment service offered by a pharmacy and aligning to a single alignment date refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions for a customer, the method comprising:

  • receiving a selection of a plurality of prescriptions to align;

    determining a final alignment date;

    determining, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, whether an intermediate fill is required so that the customer does not exhaust a remaining day supply of the medication before the final alignment date;

    calculating one or both of an intermediate-fill day supply and an intermediate-fill quantity for any prescription requiring an intermediate fill;

    adjudicating each of the intermediate fills to determine an intermediate-fill payment amount in accordance with an agreement between the pharmacy and a third-party payor;

    causing any required intermediate fill to be filled and provided to the customer, based on either the intermediate-fill quantity or the intermediate-fill day supply for the prescription; and

    causing each of the selected prescriptions to be filled and charging either a customer or an insurance company for the prescription alignment service, or one or more intermediate fills, or both.

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