Patent ID: 8036914
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by at least one service provider computer, a healthcare transaction request from a pharmacy computer associated with a pharmacy, wherein the healthcare transaction request includes an identification of a prescribed drug or product for a patient; determining, by the at least one service provider computer based upon the identification of the prescribed drug or product, that the prescribed drug or product is associated with a recall; providing, by the at least one service provider computer to the pharmacy computer in response to the determination that the prescribed drug or product is associated with the recall, a response that includes information for accessing a web portal interface; subsequent to providing the response, receiving, by the at least one service provider computer from a pharmacy computer over the web portal interface, lot numbers associated with pharmacy inventory of the prescribed drug or product; determining, by the at least one service provider computer, that one or more of the received lot numbers are affected by the recall; generating, by the at least one service provider computer, a notification identifying the determined lot numbers that are affected by the recall; directing, by the at least one service provider computer, a delivery of the notification to a recall logistics entity, wherein the delivered notification enables the recall logistics entity to obtain the recalled pharmacy inventory corresponding to the received lot numbers identified in the notification; and directing, by the at least one service provider computer, a claim request for a reimbursement amount for the recalled pharmacy inventory, wherein the pharmacy is reimbursed the reimbursement amount following verification that the recalled pharmacy inventory has been obtained by the recall logistics entity from the pharmacy.