Apparatus and method for managing prescription benefits

US7155397B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey H. Alexander · Flemington, US
• William J. Jackson · Conroe, US
• Glen D. Stettin · Upper Saddle River, US
• Mark Carlson · Rue de l'Église, US
• Nicholas C. Taylor · Upper Arlington, US
• Zev Juravel · New Hempstead, US
• Richard Healy · Bronxville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 2, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2006
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99933
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for managing prescription benefits. Case records containing information regarding patients and prescription coverage activities for the patients are stored in the system. Users are allowed access to the system via an appropriate electronic communication network. The user can subsequently perform various tasks in order to maintain and review coverage activities. The user can also enter additional prescription coverage activities into the case records, as well as verify that information entered into the case records has been updated.