Dale S Brown, 57Las Vegas, NV

2006018, Aug 17, 2006

Nov 4, 2005

11/266885

William Barre - Escondido CA, US
Dale Brown - Poway CA, US

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00

705002000

A method is disclosed whereby consumers enrolled in a prescription benefit plan can obtain prescription medication fulfillment at any participating pharmacy of their choice, regardless of whether the fulfillment is by a retail pharmacy or a mail order pharmacy, and whether the quantity of medication prescribed is for administration over a short period (acute care) or a prolonged period (maintenance). The plan of this invention operates by having the plan manager substantially equalize the financial effects of the discounts and services fees allowed to participating pharmacies such that both retail and mail order pharmacies are compensated in a manner which encourages them to accept all consumers and fill all prescriptions. Compensation is preferably adjusted periodically by the manager to retain pharmacy incentives. Consumers obtain choice of pharmacies, plan payers have pleased employees and members and pharmacies obtain income from the entire spectrum of consumers.

2007025, Oct 25, 2007

Apr 20, 2006

11/408823

Frederick Howe - La Jolla CA, US
Dale Brown - Poway CA, US
John Tauber - San Diego CA, US

G06Q 10/00
A61B 5/00

705002000, 600300000

A method is disclosed whereby consumers enrolled in subscribing prescription benefit plans can easily obtain information over the Internet regarding costs and availability of their prescription medications at local and mail-order participating pharmacies of their choice, based on the prescription benefit plans of which they are members. Data on medication dosages, quantities and net costs at a plurality of pharmacies are compiled by the method and presented on-line so that each member of a plan can select the combination of cost and convenience for prescription fulfillment that he or she prefers. The method then allows the user to select prescription fulfillment directly from the selected pharmacy on-line. Other information,.such as general medical, medication and health information can also be made available. Patients, pharmacies, PBMs and plan payers all benefit.

2010021, Aug 26, 2010

Feb 23, 2009

12/390790

Dale R. Brown - Poway CA, US
William J. Barre - Escondido CA, US
Frederick Howe - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US

G06Q 50/00
G06Q 10/00
G06Q 40/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 15/16
G06F 3/048
G06Q 20/00
G06F 17/40

705 3, 705 2, 705 4, 709206, 715760, 707E17044

A method for electronically determining patient medical treatment eligibility, coverage, copayment amount and insurer billing, by: (a) a patient requesting medical treatment at a retail clinic; (b) the patient presenting a health insurance card at the retail clinic; (c) the retail clinic transmitting patient health insurance card information to a centralized adjudication facility; (d) the retail clinic transmitting medical treatment information to the centralized adjudication facility; (e) the centralized adjudication facility determining patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount (f) transmitting the patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount from the centralized adjudication facility to the retail clinic; (g) the patient purchasing the medical treatment by paying the retail clinic the copayment amount, (h) transmitting a bill to the health care insurance provider; and (i) thereby informing the retail clinic clinician to sell the medical treatment to the patient. By simultaneously billing the patient and the insurer, the present invention provides a system that processes the sale of the medical treatment as a sales transaction.

2010028, Nov 11, 2010

Jul 21, 2010

12/841103

William J. Barre - Escondido CA, US
Dale R. Brown - Poway CA, US
Frederick Howe - Rancho Sante Fe CA, US

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. - San Diego CA

G06Q 50/00

705 2

A method is disclosed whereby consumers enrolled in a prescription benefit plan can obtain prescription medication fulfillment at any participating pharmacy of their choice, regardless of whether the fulfillment is by a retail pharmacy or a mail order pharmacy, and whether the quantity of medication prescribed is for administration over a short period (acute care) or a prolonged period (maintenance). The plan of this invention operates by having the plan manager substantially equalize the financial effects of the discounts and services fees allowed to participating pharmacies such that both retail and mail order pharmacies are compensated in a manner which encourages them to accept all consumers and fill all prescriptions. Compensation is preferably adjusted periodically by the manager to retain pharmacy incentives. Consumers obtain choice of pharmacies, plan payers have pleased employees and members and pharmacies obtain income from the entire spectrum of consumers.

2022034, Oct 27, 2022

Mar 18, 2022

17/698945

- San Diego CA, US
Dale R. Brown - Poway CA, US
Frederick Howe - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US

G16H 20/10

Systems, devices, non-transitory computer storage mediums, and methods are described herein for pharmaceutical benefits management including routing pharmaceutical claims over a computer network. The system includes a computer network and a client device communicatively coupled to the computer network. The client device is configured to receive order information representative of a prescription drug prescribed for a consumer. The system includes a communications switch configured to derive a processor control number associated with the order information and route the order information based on the processor control number. The system includes a pharmaceutical benefits manager configured to authorize the prescription drug with the reimbursement based on the processor control number and configured to transmit the authorization with the reimbursement to the client device.

2019005, Feb 14, 2019

Apr 9, 2018

15/948898

Dale R. Brown - Poway CA, US
William J. Barre - Escondido CA, US
Frederick Howe - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US

MEDIMPACT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. - San Diego CA

G06Q 20/04
G06Q 50/22
G06Q 40/08
G06Q 10/08
G06Q 20/14

A method for electronically determining patient medical treatment eligibility, coverage, copayment amount and insurer billing, by: (a) a patient requesting medical treatment at a retail clinic; (b) the patient presenting a health insurance card at the retail clinic; (c) the retail clinic transmitting patient health insurance card information to a centralized adjudication facility; (d) the retail clinic transmitting medical treatment information to the centralized adjudication facility; (e) the centralized adjudication facility determining patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount (f) transmitting the patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount from the centralized adjudication facility to the retail clinic; (g) the patient purchasing the medical treatment by paying the retail clinic the copayment amount, (h) transmitting a bill to the health care insurance provider; and (i) thereby informing the retail clinic clinician to sell the medical treatment to the patient. By simultaneously billing the patient and the insurer, the present invention provides a system that processes the sale of the medical treatment as a sales transaction.