MCKESSON CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150278974 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING A LOST REVENUE OPPORTUNITY - Systems and methods for determining and communicating lost revenue opportunity associated with dispensing data and/or billing data corresponding to an outpatient pharmacy transaction. Dispensing data and billing data may be received by the service provider computer from a healthcare provider computer. The service provider computer may load the dispensing data and the billing data into a target dispensing data table and a target billing data table, respectively. The service provider computer may identify one or more data events corresponding to the target dispensing data table and/or the target billing data table. The service provider computer may determine one or more lost revenue opportunities for the identified data events. The service provider computer may generate a lost revenue report including the determined lost revenue opportunities, and communicate the lost revenue report to the healthcare provider computer. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278924 | PURCHASE PRICE OPTIMIZATION FOR PRESCRIPTION PRODUCT PURCHASE ORDERS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing purchase price optimization for a prescription product purchase order are disclosed. At least a portion of a desired quantity of the prescription product that is not eligible for reduced pricing may be substituted for one or more generic products corresponding to the prescription product that are eligible for reduced pricing. | 10-01-2015 |
20140278456 | DETERMINING INCREASED REIMBURSEMENTS RESULTING FROM AN INCREASE IN A REIMBURSEMENT PARAMETER ASSOCIATED WITH A HEALTHCARE PRODUCT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing filtering and selection processing to identify, from among healthcare products associated with increases in reimbursement rates for a reimbursement parameter, those products that are candidates for valuation processing, and for performing valuation processing for the candidate healthcare products. The valuation processing may include determining a value indicative of total increased reimbursements associated with a candidate healthcare product. | 09-18-2014 |
20140249861 | Identification and Selection of Healthcare Claim Transactions for Requesting Increases in Reimbursement Levels - Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for performing various filtering operations and selection processing on healthcare claim transaction data associated with a plurality of healthcare claim transactions. The filtering operations may include a first filtering operation to identify healthcare claim transactions reimbursed at a loss and a second filtering operation to further identify those transactions reimbursed at a MAC rate below cost. The selection processing may be performed to identify, from among the filtered healthcare claim transactions and based at least in part on one or more selection parameter thresholds, those transactions that are suitable candidates for MAC rate appropriateness review by a claims processor. Upon identification of the candidate healthcare claim transactions, one or more representative claim transactions may be selected therefrom, and information associated therewith may be communicated to an appropriate claims processor as part of a request for an increase in MAC rate(s) associated with healthcare product(s). | 09-04-2014 |
20130197935 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR A CLINICAL STUDY - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for identifying candidates for a clinical study. A method may include determining a study criteria set specifying at least one criterion for qualification for the clinical study. The method may further include accessing electronic prescription transaction information. The method may additionally include identifying one or more prospective candidates for the clinical study at least in part by analyzing the electronic prescription transaction information to determine at least one patient having a prescription history satisfying the study criteria set. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 08-01-2013 |
20120253846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCENTIVE STRUCTURES FOR VIRTUAL PHARMACIES - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, a respective total price payable to each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies for filling the prescribed drug or product for the patient; determining, by the virtual pharmacy based upon the determined respective total prices, availability of a respective incentive or penalty for filling the prescription at one or more of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; and delivering, in real-time from the virtual pharmacy to a patient device, a presentation of at least a portion of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies, where the presentation is based at least in part on the determined incentive or penalty for filling the prescription. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINANCIAL PROCESSING FOR A VIRTUAL PHARMACY - Systems and methods may be provided for financial processing for a virtual pharmacy. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, a respective patient payable amount for filling the prescription at each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; delivering, in real-time from the virtual pharmacy to a patient device, an identification of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; receiving, by the virtual pharmacy from the patient device, a selection of one of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; directing, by the virtual pharmacy, financial processing for the respective patient payable amount corresponding to the selected pharmacy to generate financial processing information; and delivering, by the virtual pharmacy to the selected pharmacy, the electronic prescription and the financial processing information. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE CAPTURE OF PAPER PRESCRIPTIONS FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PHARMACY - Systems and methods may be provided for remote capture of paper prescriptions for use with a virtual pharmacy. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an image of a paper prescription for a patient, where the paper prescription includes information identifying at least a prescriber, a drug or product, a quantity of a drug or product, and usage information for the drug or product, where the image is a photograph of the paper prescription taken by a camera of a patient mobile device; analyzing, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, the received image to determine whether any information from the paper prescription is illegible or missing; and responsive to the analyzing, delivering, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a response indicating whether the received image is accepted as an electronic prescription. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253831 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PHARMACY LOCATIONS BASED UPON A CURRENT LOCATION FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PHARMACY - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, an electronic prescription identifying at least a prescribed drug or product for a patient; obtaining, by the virtual pharmacy, a location preference of the patient; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, that the location preference of the patient indicates a current location associated with a patient mobile device; responsive to determining that the location preference indicates the current location, obtaining, by the virtual pharmacy, current location information of the mobile device; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, a plurality of dispensing pharmacies within proximity of the current location provided by the current location information, where the determined dispensing pharmacies are capable of filling the prescription for the patient; and delivering, in real-time from the virtual pharmacy to a mobile device, identification of at least a portion of the determined dispensing pharmacies to the mobile device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE CUSTOMER PRICING FOR VIRTUAL PHARMACIES - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a respective total price payable to each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies for filling the prescription for the patient; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy based upon the determined respective total price, a respective patient payable amount for filling the prescription at each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; and delivering, in real-time from the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy to a patient device, an identification of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies and the respective patient payment amount at each dispensing pharmacy. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PHARMACIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR PRODUCT COSTS - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a plurality of dispensing pharmacies capable of filling the prescription; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a respective total price payable to each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies for filling the prescription for the patient; delivering, in real-time to a patient device by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, an identification of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies and the respective total prices; and receiving, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy from the patient device, a selection of one of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies. | 10-04-2012 |