ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,249, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ALFA Rx LLC (Los Angeles).
"Sorting process to make negotiated rates available for prescription drugs" was invented by Alireza Farrokhroo (El Segundo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An online platform and methods sort prescription drug claims for alternate fulfillment and/or discounted pricing. An electronic request for a prescription is forwarded to third-party prescription providers. In reply, proposed prices are received for the prescription. A computer processor forwards the received proposed prices for the prescription to an artificial intelligence engine. The artificial intelligenc...