Adjudicating pharmaceutical drug sample distribution system and method

A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for enabling a computer system to track distribution of pharmaceutical drug samples, comprising:

• program instructions executable by a claim adjudication system for pharmacy benefit claims to enable adjudication of a claim by a drug dispenser for a use of a token presented in return for a pharmaceutical drug sample, the token having been distributed to a prescriber who provided the token for a patient to permit the patient to obtain the pharmaceutical drug sample from the drug dispenser.

A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for enabling a computer system to track a distribution of pharmaceutical drug samples, comprising:

• program instructions for entering adjudication information related to a token for a pharmaceutical drug sample into a pharmacy benefit management system for dispensing pharmaceutical drugs;
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• program instructions for enabling a drug dispenser to communicate with a claim adjudication system for pharmacy benefit claims to adjudicate a claim for a use of a token presented in return for a pharmaceutical drug sample, the token having been distributed to a prescriber who provided a token for a patient to permit the patient to obtain the pharmaceutical drug sample from the drug dispenser.

A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for enabling a computer system to track the distribution of pharmaceutical drug samples, comprising:

• program instructions for periodically receiving token usage data from a claim adjudication system for pharmacy benefit claims that adjudicates a claim for a use of the token and stores token usage data;
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• program instructions for analyzing the token usage data.

A computer system for tracking the distribution of pharmaceutical drug samples, comprising:

• a claim adjudication system for pharmacy benefit claims including means for adjudicating a claim by a drug dispenser presented with a token for a pharmaceutical drug sample, the token having been distributed to a prescriber who prescribed the pharmaceutical drug sample to a patient using the token;
• whereby the dispensing of the pharmaceutical drug sample is tracked in, response to the adjudication of the claim.

A computer system for analyzing the distribution of a pharmaceutical drug sample, comprising:

• means for periodically receiving token usage data from a claim adjudication system for pharmacy benefit claims, which adjudicates claims for use of the tokens and stores token usage data, the tokens being distributed to prescribers who prescribe the pharmaceutical drug samples to patients using the tokens for presenting the tokens to the drug dispensers to receive the drug samples;
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• means for analyzing the token usage data.