Patent ID: 8639523
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a switch comprising one or more computers, a prescription claim transaction from a pharmacy computer associated with a pharmacy, the prescription claim transaction comprising patient identification data for a patient and an identifier for a medication being requested by the patient; retrieving, with the switch, the patient identification data from the prescription claim transaction; automatically enrolling, with the switch, the patient identified by the patient identification data in the prescription claim transaction in a prescription rewards program using at least a portion of the retrieved patient identification data, wherein the enrollment includes the switch associating the patient identification data used in the automatic enrollment with a reward accumulator value; transmitting, by the switch, the prescription claim transaction from the switch to a claims processor computer associated with a claims processor for adjudication; receiving, at the switch, the adjudicated prescription claim transaction from the claims processor computer, wherein the adjudicated prescription claim transaction includes an indication that the prescription claim transaction has been approved by a claim processor; identifying, at the switch from the adjudicated prescription claim transaction, a patient associated with the adjudicated prescription claim transaction; retrieving, by the switch from a database associated with the switch, the reward accumulator value associated with the patient; and updating, at the switch, the reward accumulator value associated with the patient based at least in part on the adjudicated prescription claim transaction, the reward accumulator value being incremented based upon the indication that the prescription claim transaction has been approved.