Patent ID: 8364503

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon and executable by a processor to perform a method for charging a customer for a prescription alignment service, the prescription alignment service offered by a pharmacy and aligning to a single alignment date refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions for a customer, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a plurality of prescriptions to align; determining a final alignment date; determining, for each of the plurality of selected prescriptions, whether an intermediate fill is required so that the customer does not exhaust a remaining day supply of the medication before the final alignment date; calculating one or both of an intermediate-fill day supply and an intermediate-fill quantity for any prescription requiring an intermediate fill; adjudicating each of the intermediate fills to determine an intermediate-fill payment amount in accordance with an agreement between the pharmacy and a third-party payor; 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 and charging either a customer or an insurance company for the prescription alignment service, or one or more intermediate fills, or both.