IP Library Granted Patent US 11,816,619
Granted Patent B2
US 11,816,619 · App. 16/857,540 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Third party program transparency tool

Inventors: Darin T. Rubin (New York, NY); Robert Hung (New York, NY); Bedrick Gadea (New York, NY)
Assignee: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
G06Q10/0637G06F16/245G06Q10/10G06Q30/0185G06Q30/0205G06Q30/0607G06Q30/0623G06Q30/0629G06Q50/26G16H10/60G16H20/10G16H40/20G16H70/20G16H70/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,816,619
App. No.
16/857,540
Filed
Apr 24, 2020
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3686
USPC
705/2
Abstract

A strategic decision support system is disclosed. The system can filter content received from a remote database coupled to a network to provide a graphical user interface to enable strategic decision making to expand utilization of a product. The system can include a local client computer to generate access to content stored in the remote database, at least one filtering scheme, a set of selectable filters configured to filter the content stored in the remote database according to the at least one filtering scheme, and a remote server coupled to the local client computer via the network to analyze access restrictions to the product based on a selected filter and the at least one filtering scheme to generate a graphical user interface displayed on the local client computer.

Claims (48)

1. An interactive user-interface system for analyzing third party-based restrictions for at least one pharmaceutical product, the interactive user-interface system comprising:

a remote database storing content related to third party policies and comparative metrics for the at least one pharmaceutical product;

a remote server configured to access content stored in the remote database; and

a local device coupled to the remote server by a network, wherein the local device comprises an input tool and a display;

wherein, in response to a filter of the interactive user-interface system selected with the input tool and communicated to the remote server across the network, the remote server is configured to:

extract policy criteria for a first pharmaceutical product on the filter;

extract comparative metrics for the first pharmaceutical product based on the filter;

compare the extracted policy criteria to the extracted comparative metrics, wherein comparing the extracted policy criteria to the extracted comparative metrics comprises identifying non-overlapping approved line of therapy uses for the first pharmaceutical product;

assign, based on the comparison, a restrictiveness score for the first pharmaceutical product based on the non-overlapping approved line of therapy uses across a plurality of third party programs, wherein the restrictiveness score comprises one of advantaged, parity, restricted, and no coverage;

generate a graphical representation of the restrictiveness score for the first pharmaceutical product across a plurality of third party programs, wherein the graphical representation comprises a two-dimensional interactive table comprising the approved line of therapy use for the first pharmaceutical product across the plurality of third party programs;

generate an interactive key for the restrictiveness score;

display the graphical representation and the interactive key on an interactive graphical user interface on the display, wherein interaction with elements of the interactive graphical user interface causes at least one of a display of additional information, opening of a new window, moving a graphical element to a new position, adjusting a zoom, highlighting a graphical element, filtering content from the graphical representation, or displaying a new graphical element, wherein, upon hovering a cursor over a restrictiveness score in the interactive key, a definition of the restrictiveness score is displayed, and wherein, upon hovering the cursor over the approved line of therapy use in the two-dimensional interactive table, embedded criteria for determining the restrictiveness score is displayed.

2. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the filter comprises at least one of a pharmaceutical product filter, an indication filter, a line of therapy filter, a patient sub-type filter, a type of payer filter, a coverage filter, a geographic filter, and any combination thereof.

3. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the third party policy comprises a pathway.

4. The interactive user-interface system of claim 3 , wherein the comparative metrics comprise approved uses of the first pharmaceutical products according to the Food and Drug Administration label.

5. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the restrictiveness score is defined as advantaged when approved line of therapy uses under the third party policy are broader than the approved line of therapy uses under the Food and Drug Administration label.

6. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the restrictiveness score is defined as restricted when approved line of therapy uses under the third party policy are narrower than the approved line of therapy uses under the Food and Drug Administration label.

7. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the filter selected with the input tool, the remote server is further configured to:

extract the policy criteria for a set of pharmaceutical products based on the filter selected with the input tool;

extract comparative metrics for the set of pharmaceutical products based on the filter selected with the input tool;

compare the extracted policy criteria for each pharmaceutical product to the extracted comparative metrics wherein comparing the extracted policy criteria to the extracted comparative metrics comprises identifying non-overlapping approved line of therapy uses for the set of pharmaceutical products;

assign to each pharmaceutical product of the set of pharmaceutical products, based on the comparison, a product restrictiveness score based on the non-overlapping approved line of therapy uses across a plurality of third party programs, wherein each of the product restrictiveness score comprises one of advantaged, parity, restricted, and no coverage;

generate a graphical representation of the product restrictiveness scores for the set of pharmaceutical products across a plurality of third party programs, wherein the graphical representation comprises a two-dimensional interactive table comprising the approved line of therapy use for the first pharmaceutical product across the plurality of third party programs; and

display the graphical representation and the interactive key on via the graphical user interface on the display to facilitate comparative analysis of third-party based restrictions in at least one third party policy across the set of pharmaceutical products, wherein, upon hovering a cursor over a restrictiveness score in the interactive key, a definition of the restrictiveness score is displayed, and wherein, upon hovering the cursor over the approved line of therapy use in the two-dimensional interactive table, embedded criteria for determining the restrictiveness score is displayed.

8. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the filter selected with the input tool, the remote server is further configured to:

extract policy criteria for a first pharmaceutical product from a set of third party policies based on the filter selected with the input tool;

extract comparative metrics for the first pharmaceutical product based on the filter selected with the input tool;

compare the extracted policy criteria for each third party policy of the set of third party policies to the extracted comparative metrics, wherein comparing the extracted policy criteria to the extracted comparative metrics comprises identifying non-overlapping approved line of therapy uses for the first pharmaceutical product;

assign, based on the comparison, a restrictiveness score for the first pharmaceutical product for each third party policy;

generate a graphical representation of the restrictiveness scores; and

display the graphical representation via the graphical user interface on the display to facilitate analysis of third-party based restrictions for the first pharmaceutical product across the set of third party policies.

9. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation comprise a graph and an interactive key.

10. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation comprises a map depicting exposure to the pharmaceutical product across regions.

11. The interactive user interface system of claim 10 , wherein the exposure comprises payer lives exposed to the pharmaceutical product via the third party policy.

12. The interactive user-interface system of claim 10 , wherein the exposure comprises providers exposed to the pharmaceutical product via the third party policy.

13. The interactive user-interface system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation comprises a graph depicting exposure to the pharmaceutical product via the third party policy over time.

14. An interactive user-interface system for analyzing third party-based restrictions for a set of pharmaceutical products, the interactive user-interface system comprising:

a remote database storing content related to third party policies and comparative metrics for the set of pharmaceutical products;

a remote server configured to access content stored in the remote database; and

wherein, in response to a filter selected by a user and communicated to the remote server across a network, the remote server is configured to:

extract policy criteria for the set of pharmaceutical products from a set of third party polices based on the filter selected by a user;

extract, for each pharmaceutical product, comparative regulatory metrics based on the filter selected by the user;

compare the extracted policy criteria for each pharmaceutical product and each third party policy to the extracted comparative regulatory metrics;

assign, based on the comparison, a restrictiveness score to each pharmaceutical product in each third party policy;

generate a graphical representation of the restrictiveness score, the graphical representation can comprise any one of:

a venn diagram displaying three groupings comprising the third party policy, a second third party policy, and a regulatory authority policy, wherein the first pharmaceutical product can be placed based on the restrictiveness score in at least one grouping of the three groupings or at an overlap of any two or more groupings of the three groupings, wherein other pharmaceutical products may be placed in the venn diagram if they have been assigned a restrictiveness score, or

an interactive summary chart based on the restrictiveness score of the first pharmaceutical product across a plurality of programs, one program of the plurality of programs comprising the third party policy, the chart depicting a number of programs in at least one category of a plurality of categories, wherein a key contains definitions for each category that are displayed upon a hovering of a cursor over the category in the key; and

provide the graphical representation via an interactive graphical user interface to facilitate analysis of third-party based restrictions across the set of third party policies for the set of pharmaceutical products, wherein interaction with elements of the interactive graphical user interface causes at least one of a display of additional information, opening of a new window, moving a graphical element to a new position, adjusting a zoom, highlighting a graphical element, filtering content from the graphical representation, or displaying a new graphical element.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 55824 FRAME: 724. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 2, 2024
From: RUBIN, DARIN T.; HUNG, ROBERT; GADEA, BEDRICK
To: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 068848/0795 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
Reel/Frame 062303/0111 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2022
From: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 061882/0329 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2021
From: GOLDMAN SACHS PRIVATE MIDDLE MARKET CREDIT LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 057490/0678 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2021
From: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057486/0478 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: THE DEDHAM GROUP LLC
To: OLDMAN SACHS PRIVATE MIDDLE MARKET CREDIT LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 055925/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2021
From: RUBIN, DARIN T.; HUNG, ROBERT; GADEA, BEDRICK
To: THE DEDHAM GROUP
Reel/Frame 055824/0724 →
Continuity (4)
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Provisional Application 62839208 · Apr 26, 2019
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