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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Les Paul, Greenville, DE (US);
Amy Foley, Pompton Plains, NJ (US);
Brian F. Ezrow, Quakertown, PA (US);
David B. Snow, Jr., Darien, CT (US);
Ella Berger, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Robert S. Epstein, Upper Grandview, NY (US);
Beth Bird, Chicago, IL (US);
Marianne Jacks, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Tej Anand, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Vicente L. Caride, New York, NY (US);
Les Paul, Greenville, DE (US);
Amy Foley, Pompton Plains, NJ (US);
Brian F. Ezrow, Quakertown, PA (US);
David B. Snow, Jr., Darien, CT (US);
Ella Berger, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Robert S. Epstein, Upper Grandview, NY (US);
Beth Bird, Chicago, IL (US);
Marianne Jacks, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Tej Anand, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Vicente L. Caride, New York, NY (US);
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining an impact on spend and/or trend for a prescription drug plan are provided. In response to receiving the request to analyze spend and/or trend, a prescription drug spend and/or trend application may retrieve data related to the prescription drug plan from a database. The analysis of spend and/or trend includes a determination of components of spend and/or trend having a significant impact on spend and/or trend. In one example, the spend and/or trend application may determine whether an option is available to improve at least one of the components having the significant impact on spend and/or trend. If an option is available, the impact (e.g., financial impact, member impact) of the implementation of the option on the prescription drug plan may be modeled by the spend and/or trend application.