CENTRALIZED FORMULARY SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A centralized formulary system for maintaining formulary data to service the needs of multiple user groups. Formulary and drug information is updated automatically when received from outside sources. In addition to drug identifying data, line of business and utilization management protocol data is associated with the formulary data. The formulary data further comprises coverage data for health plans that use the formularies. The additional business data maintained in association with the formularies facilitates the retrieval and editing of formulary data for various business needs, including compliance with third party requirements. The system allows users to analyze formulary data, edit formulary data, produce reports regarding formulary data, and export files. The system also supports submission of formulary data to third party computer systems.

主权项

1. A computerized system for managing formulary data, comprising:
a server on a network with programming instructions for: (a) receiving at said server formulary data for a plurality of drug formularies, said formulary data comprising:
(i) for each drug on said formulary, drug identifying data;(ii) a unique formulary identifier; and(iii) a line of business identifier corresponding to a plurality of health plans; (b) storing said formulary data for said plurality of drug formularies in a database; (c) receiving at said server a request for formulary data from said database, said request comprising a line of business identifier; (d) searching said database for a plurality of formularies associated with said line of business identifier; and (e) generating at said server a display comprising:
(i) a list of said plurality of formularies associated with said line of business identifier; and(ii) search options for searching formulary data in said plurality of formularies associated with said line of business identifier.