Patent ID: 8589184
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by one or more computing stations for facilitating redemption of a medium for a pharmaceutical prescription product, comprising: upon a patient presenting the medium to a provider of the pharmaceutical prescription product, receiving information that includes a co-payment of the patient for the product; using the one or more computing stations, determining value information of the medium based on the patient's co-payment by applying one or more financial rules, wherein the medium assumes a value based on the one or more financial rules and the patient's co-payment, and wherein the one or more financial rules are associated with a co-payment program where a pharmaceutical company covers at least a portion of the patient's co-payment for a product that is purchased by the patient and promoted by the pharmaceutical company; sending data from the one or more computing stations indicating the determined value information of the medium to the provider; and using the one or more computing stations, updating the value of the medium to reflect redemption of the medium by the patient for the pharmaceutical prescription product.