Patent ID: 8725532

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, from a healthcare provider computer associated with a healthcare provider, a healthcare transaction comprising one or more prescriptions for a patient, the one or more prescriptions comprising at least one controlled substance; determining, based at least in part on information included in the healthcare transaction, a class of controlled substance to which each controlled substance identified in the healthcare transaction belongs, wherein the class of controlled substance is one of Schedule I, II, III, or IV, as defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; determining a current percentage of distribution by the healthcare provider for the class of controlled substance being prescribed by dividing a number of prescriptions issued for each class of controlled substance over a predetermined amount of time by a total number of prescriptions issued by the healthcare provider over the predetermined amount of time; comparing the current percentage of distribution to a predetermined threshold percentage of distribution for the class of controlled substance being prescribed; determining if the current percentage violates the predetermined threshold percentage of distribution for the class of controlled substance being prescribed; and transmitting a notification to the healthcare provider based on a positive determination that the current percentage violates the predetermined threshold percentage, wherein the above operations are performed by one or more computers associated with a service provider.