Patent ID: 8560347

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor to perform a method for aligning to a single alignment date refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions for a customer, each prescription for a medication, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a plurality of prescriptions to align; determining with the processor, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, a remaining day supply, the remaining day supply indicative of how many days of the medication the customer has remaining; determining with the processor a latest adjudication date; calculating with the processor a final alignment date; determining with the processor, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, whether an intermediate fill is required so that the customer does not exhaust the remaining day supply of the medication before the final alignment date; calculating with the processor one or both of an intermediate-fill day supply and an intermediate-fill quantity for any prescription requiring an intermediate fill; determining with the processor a type for any required intermediate fill; causing any required intermediate fill to be filled and provided to the customer, based on either the intermediate-fill quantity or the intermediate-fill day supply for the prescription; and causing each of the selected prescriptions to be filled.