ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,667, issued on Sept. 8.
"System and method for seamless prescription medication discounting" was invented by Shawn Ohri (Chula Vista, Calif.), Nathan Daugherty (Lake Villa, Ill.), Rajasekar Ramaswamy (San Diego) and Byung Joon Min (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a seamless provision of discounting for prescription services that are not eligible for financial coverage by a plan, such as a Medicare Part D plan. The system and method take denials from Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and seamlessly provides to end users (patients) a discounted cost for the denied coverage of the prescription. Denials of co...