US Patent Issued to McKesson on Jan. 13 for "Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing real-time pricing information" (Georgia, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,327, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing real-time pricing information" was invented by Keith Crozier (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Stacy Hopkins (Tucker, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for providing real-time pricing information to a patient. A patient may submit a prescription inquiry. In response to the prescription inquiry, a cash price inquiry, a prescription benefit inquiry, and a formulary alternative inquiry are generated by a service provider computer accordingly. The v...