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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventors:

Alan T. Shutko, St. Louis, MO (US);

Mark G. Bini, O'Fallon, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G16H 20/00 (2018.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G16H 20/00 (2018.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01);
Abstract

A computerized method of location-based automatic wireless distribution includes receiving a claim from a selected pharmacy associated with a drug benefit plan. The claim indicates a first prescription drug to be administered by the selected pharmacy to a member. The method includes determining a current geographic location of the member, accessing previously adjudicated claim data of the member that is indicative of locations of a plurality of pharmacies where the member previously obtained prescription drug fills, and selecting a drug benefit plan action based on a determination of whether the current geographic location of the member satisfies a pharmacy location criterion associated with the location of at least one other pharmacy of the plurality of pharmacies that is not the selected pharmacy. The method further includes automatically transmitting a drug benefit notification to a mobile electronic device of the member via at least one wireless network.


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