Patent ID: 8019623

Claim:
A method for auditing costs of a treatment, which is prescribed to a patient, in response to a change in a healthcare plan of the patient, the method comprising: polling a database that stores the healthcare plan of the patient, wherein the polling is performed outside a context of a prescribing event in which a clinician is prescribing one or more treatments to the patient; in response to the polling outside the context of the prescribing event, receiving by a computing device information that describes the change in the healthcare plan of the patient, wherein the information is received outside the context of the prescribing event and includes a modified medication-formulary coverage scheme included in the healthcare plan; in response to receiving the modified medication-formulary coverage scheme outside the context of the prescribing event, identifying a currently prescribed treatment that is prescribed to the patient; and determining by the computing device a cost of the currently prescribed treatment by referencing the modified medication-formulary coverage scheme, wherein the cost is determined outside the context of the prescribing event, thereby auditing the costs of the treatment.