Patent ID: 8005689

Claim:
A method for aligning a plurality of pharmaceutical prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a plurality of prescriptions to align; determining, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, a next fill date, wherein the next fill date is the date the prescription was last filled, incremented by a pre-alignment day supply for the prescription; computing, using a computing device, at least one alignment date corresponding to at least one of a quickest alignment option, a lowest cost alignment option, or a medication status alignment option, wherein the medication status alignment option is based on a status of at least one medication as a generic medication or a brand name medication; computing, using a computing device, an alignment cost for at least one of the quickest alignment option, the lowest cost alignment option, the medication status alignment option, or one or more custom alignment options; receiving, via a computing device, the plurality of alignment date selections, each corresponding to one of the quickest alignment option, the lowest cost alignment option, the medication status alignment option, or a one of the one or more custom alignment options, wherein each selected alignment date is selected for at least two prescriptions; determining for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, via a computing device, any intervening fill dates for the prescription between the current date and the one or more alignment dates associated with the selected prescription; determining, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, via a computing device, whether each of the alignment dates requires a reduced fill and, for each prescription for which it is determined that a reduced fill is required, further determining: (a) a reduced-fill date on which the reduced fill occurs; (b) a reduced-fill day supply for the reduced fill; and (c) a reduced-fill cost for the reduced fill; (d) wherein the reduced-fill date for each prescription requiring a reduced fill is the intervening fill date for the prescription that is closest to the selected alignment date; and (e) wherein the reduced-fill day supply for the prescription is the number of days from the reduced-fill date to the selected alignment date; filling the prescription, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, on each of any intervening fill dates for the prescription, wherein filling the prescription comprises filling the pre-alignment day supply for the prescription on any intervening fill dates for the prescription that are not the reduced-fill date for the prescription and filling the reduced-fill day supply for the prescription on the reduced-fill date for the prescription ; and filling each of the plurality of selected prescriptions on the one or more alignment dates for the prescription, supplying for each selected prescription aligned to the same date a post-alignment day supply the same as at least one other selected prescription.