Patent ID: 7337129

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, over a computerized network, a prescription order request from a user, the prescription order including an order for at least one prescription medication and at least one non-prescription medication, wherein the user is an individual, other than a prescribing physician, seeking to fill a prescription written by the prescribing physician, corresponding to the prescription order; forwarding, over the computerized network, the prescription order request to a distribution center; providing, over the computerized network, to the distribution center prescription data corresponding to the prescription generated prior to the prescription order request; generating, electronically, in response to the distribution center acknowledging receipt of prescription data, a pre-fill order to cause the distribution center to fill the prescription prior to a payment for the medication from the user and at least one of a drug utilization review, a substitution review, and an insurance adjudication; causing, electronically, as a result of the pre-fill order, an insurance company to provide to the distribution center an amount of the payment, receiving, over the computerized network, from the distribution center, an indication of a medication to be used to fill the prescription order and the amount of the payment to be received from the user; generating, electronically, a ship order message in response to receiving the payment; and shipping, by the distribution center, the medication in response to receiving the ship order message.