Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Health care management
Reexamination Certificate
2010-11-30
2011-11-01
Morgan, Robert (Department: 3626)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Health care management
C705S003000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08050943
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods are provided for retaining or shifting prescription market share. The systems and methods may include receiving, from a pharmacy computer, a prescription claim associated with a drug requested by a customer; determining that a payor will not cover the prescription claim; subsequent to determining that the payor will not cover the prescription claim, determining that eligibility requirements in accordance with a market share retention program have been satisfied in order to make the drug available for free to the customer; and transmitting, to the pharmacy computer, a notice of availability of the free drug for the customer.
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Burkett Kenneth E.
Wiley, II Joseph Lee
Kanaan Maroun
Morgan Robert
NDCHealth Corporation
Sutherland & Asbill & Brennan LLP
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