System and method for dynamic adjustment of copayment for medication therapy
AssigneeAnvita, Inc.
InventorAhmed F. Ghouri
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Abstract
System and method for the cost-effective use of medications, comprising dynamically adjusting the patient cost for a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies according to the cost-effectiveness of each possible medication therapy based on known patient attributes, and providing a physician with the dynamically determined patient cost of at least one of the possible medication treatment therapies.
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A method for incentivizing the cost-effective use of medications, the method comprising:
- storing, in a memory of a computer, medical information for a particular patient, the medical information including diagnostic information and patient attribute information, wherein the diagnostic information comprises information indicative of at least one of symptoms of the patient, a diagnosis of a first disease of a patient, and a type of possible medication treatment therapies, and wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient;
- determining, by a processor of the computer, a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on the diagnostic information for the particular patient;
- determining, by the processor of the computer, a patient copayment for each of a plurality of medication treatment therapies based at least in part of the patient attribute information for the particular patient;
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- displaying the determined patient copayments, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.
A system for incentivizing the cost-effective use of medications, the system comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive input from a user and display information;
- storage means configured to store medical information for a particular patient, the medical information including diagnostic information and patient attribute information, wherein the diagnostic information comprises information indicative of at least one of symptoms of the patient, a diagnosis of a first disease of a patient, and a type of possible medication treatment therapies, and wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient;
- medication treatment therapy means configured to determine a plurality of medication treatment therapies based at least in part on the diagnostic information for the particular patient;
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- patient copayment means configured to determine a patient copayment for each of the medication treatment therapies based at least in part of the patient attribute information for the particular patient, wherein the adjusted copayment for each medication treatment therapy is displayed on the user interface, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.
A medication therapy treatment selection system, the system comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive input from a user and display information;
- a storage configured to store medical information for a particular patient, the medical information including diagnostic information and patient attribute information, wherein the diagnostic information comprises information indicative of at least one of symptoms of the patient, a diagnosis of a first disease of a patient, and a type of possible medication treatment therapies, and wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient;
- a processor in data communication with the user interface and the storage, configured to determine a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on the diagnostic information for the particular patient, to determine a patient copayment for each of the medication treatment therapies based at least in part of the patient attribute information for the particular patient, and to
- provide the determined patient copayments to the user interface for display, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.
A method of incentivizing the cost-effective use of medication treatment therapies, comprising determining, by a processor of a computer, a patient copayment for at least one of a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on part of patient attribute information for the particular patient, wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.
A system for incentivizing the of cost-effective use of medication treatment therapies, comprising means for determining a patient copayment for at least one of a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on part of patient attribute information for the particular patient, wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.
A method of incentivizing the selecting of a cost-effective medication treatment therapy, the method comprising:
- storing, in a memory of a computer, medical information for a particular patient, the medical information including diagnostic information and patient attribute information, wherein the diagnostic information comprises information indicative of at least one of symptoms of the patient, a diagnosis of a first disease of a patient, and a type of possible medication treatment therapies, and wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient;
- determining, by a processor of the computer, a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on the diagnostic information for the particular patient;
- generating cost-effectiveness data for each of the plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on the patient attribute information for the particular patient;
- determining, by the processor in the computer, a patient copayment for each of the medication treatment therapies based on the cost-effectiveness data;
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- displaying the determined patient copayments, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.
A method of determining the copayment for a medication, comprising:
- determining, by a processor of a computer, a patient copayment for at least one medication treatment therapy according to patient attribute information for a particular patient, the patient attribute information comprising information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient;
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- providing a physician with the determined patient copayment of the medication treatment therapy, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the patient attribute information for the particular patient.
A device for incentivizing selecting a cost-effective medication treatment therapy, comprising:
- a storage module configured to store medical information for a particular patient, the medical information including diagnostic information and patient attribute information, wherein the diagnostic information comprises information indicative of at least one of symptoms of the patient, a diagnosis of a first disease of a patient, and a type of possible medication treatment therapies, and wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient;
- a medication treatment therapy determination module, configured to determine at least one medication treatment therapy for a patient based at least in part on the diagnostic information for the particular patient;
- a copayment determination module configured to determine a patient copayment of at least one of the medication treatment therapies determined by the medication treatment therapy determination module based at least in part on the patient attribute information of the particular patient;
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- a display configured to display at least one of the determined medication treatment therapies and the determined patient copayment, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the patient attribute information for the particular patient.
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