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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Mckesson Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jared Burdine, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Assignee:
McKesson Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0222 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for partitioning prescription transaction costs in an electronic prescription transaction by determining a credit amount to be applied to an adjudicated prescription claim, based on a co-pay amount provided by an adjudication computer, and a cash price obtained from a cash discount system. The remaining patient pay amount, which may be less than or equal to the cash price, may be transmitted to the pharmacy computer. The credit amount may be transmitted to the pharmacy computer or other third party computer.