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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Thomas Brinkman, Sparta, NJ (US);
Wayne Gattinella, Greenwich, CT (US);
William Kleinfelter, Ivyland, PA (US);
Glen Stettin, Upper Saddler River, NJ (US);
David Angaran, Powell, OH (US);
J. Russel Teagarden, Brookfield, CT (US);
Thomas Brinkman, Sparta, NJ (US);
Wayne Gattinella, Greenwich, CT (US);
William Kleinfelter, Ivyland, PA (US);
Glen Stettin, Upper Saddler River, NJ (US);
David Angaran, Powell, OH (US);
J. Russel Teagarden, Brookfield, CT (US);
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A software-based, integrated member decision support system provides a method for corporations, insurance carriers, health maintenance organizations, physicians, physician groups, or other clients to efficiently provide medical, pharmaceutical, and health benefit advice and information for an enrolled population. A caller is, for example, directed to an operator who provides the caller with medical, pharmaceutical, and/or health benefit advice based on an inquiry from the caller and the information stored on the system. The system may automatically alert the caller or the operator of important medical or pharmaceutical information. At the conclusion of the call, the system or the system with the operator's input, may updated the caller's member profile, request written materials, generate referrals, order prescriptions, or generate reports.