Patent ID: 8249897

Claim:
A computer implemented method for managing patient medication data comprising: receiving, by a computing system, medication data for a patient from multiple sources; reconciling, by the computing system, the medication data from multiple sources to generate a reconciled list of medications for the patient; presenting the reconciled list of medications to the patient in a user-interface associated with the computing system; identifying, by the computing system, a potential cost savings change for a prescribed medication on the reconciled list of medications; presenting an indication of the cost savings change to the patient in the user-interface; receiving a selection of the potential cost savings for the prescribed medication from the patient through the user interface; in response to receiving, from the patient through the user interface, the selection of the potential cost savings, transmitting, by the computing system via a network, a request for the cost savings change to a health-care professional, and accumulating, by the computing system on behalf of the patient, reward points to be redeemed by the patient for savings on co-payment; receiving, by the computing system from the health-care professional, an approval of the cost savings and an indication of an updated prescription according to the cost savings; updating, by the computing system, the reconciled list of medications according to the approval and the indication of the updated prescription to generate an updated medication list; and presenting to the patient the updated medication list in the user-interface.