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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 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 simulating a change to a prescription drug plan may be provided. In response to receiving a request to simulate the change to the prescription drug plan, a prescription drug spend and/or trend application may retrieve data related to the prescription drug plan from a database. A model that includes a plurality of calculations to simulate the change may be applied to the retrieved data A user computing device may be provided with an indication of an impact on the prescription drug plan responsive to the at least one change based at least in part on the application of the model to the retrieved data. The modeling of the change may be related, for example, to an option to reduce spend and/or trend as determined by the spend and/or trend application.