Systems, methods and computer program products for obtaining a best available reimbursement price in a pharmaceutical prescription transaction
CA 2482370 C · Owner: Hunt, Kenneth Wayne · Inventors: Hunt, Kenneth Wayne
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Systems, methods and computer program products enable pharmacies and other healthcare providers to obtain the best available reimbursement price for filling pharmaceutical prescriptions. The present invention provides for the tracking of reimbursement transaction data which is utilized to derive a best available price for pharmaceutical prescriptions. One way of determining the best available price is to compare the requested reimbursement unit value to the best unit cost (BUC). The BUC represents the highest price paid by an insurance carrier or group of insurance carriers in a similar transaction typically qualified by provincial location drug and insurance carrier, and/or third party …
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- Filed September 23, 2004 and granted April 30, 2019. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 2024.
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