SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING FINANCIAL BENEFIT INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND PRESCRIBERS FOR A MEDICATION PRESCRIBED DURING A PRESCRIPTION PROCESS

摘要

Systems, methods are provided for communicating financial benefit information associated with an electronic prescription transaction submitted by a healthcare provider as part of the healthcare provider's medication selection process for a patient. The transaction may be received at a service provider computer from a healthcare provider computer and may include patient identification information and one or more identifiers for a product being prescribed to the patient. The service provider computer may identify a financial benefit provided for the product and may transmit the transaction, including the identified financial benefit for the product, to a pharmacy computer. The identified financial benefit for the product may alternatively and/or additionally be transmitted to a healthcare provider computer or a patient communication device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a healthcare provider computer associated with a healthcare provider, an electronic prescription transaction, wherein the electronic prescription transaction comprises patient information identifying a patient and a product identifier identifying a product being prescribed; identifying, based at least in part on the product identifier, whether at least one financial benefit is provided for the product; determining, based at least in part on the patient identifier, whether patient contact information associated with the patient identifier is available; transmitting the identified available benefits message to a patient communication device associated with the available patient contact information, the identified available benefits message including the identified financial benefit for the product, the patient information identifying the patient, and the product identifier identifying the product, wherein the above operations are performed by one or more computers associated with a service provider.