Rules-based processing of structured healthcare data

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Health Informatics (G16H)

Published March 31st, 2026

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

USPTO granted patent US12592304B2 to Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. for a rules-based data processing system designed for pharmacy transactions. The system uses an API gateway to receive transactions, a translation component to reformat data into structured formats, and a rules engine to evaluate transaction fields according to configurable logic rules before returning enriched transaction data.

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USPTO granted patent US12592304B2 on March 31, 2026, to Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. The patent covers a rules processing system that receives pharmacy transactions via an API gateway, reformats them into structured data, evaluates fields using configurable logic rules through a rules engine, inserts supplementary data into the transaction wrapper, reformats the transaction back to its original format, and returns it to the pharmacy. The system classifies under G16H (Health Informatics) and includes CPC codes for healthcare data, clinical data processing, and machine learning components.

This patent grant represents a formally issued intellectual property right but does not impose regulatory compliance obligations on other entities. Healthcare providers and pharmacies operating pharmacy transaction processing systems should be aware of this intellectual property when evaluating or developing comparable data processing solutions. No immediate compliance action is required; however, organizations developing similar rules-based pharmacy transaction systems should consider potential licensing implications.

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Rules-based processing of structured data

Grant US12592304B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

MANAGED HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES, INC.

Inventors

Thomas J. Hermey, Tillman E. Johnson, Jhanvika Thakkar, Timothy R. Tannert, Shantanu V. Bhide, Shirin Vinayak, Glen R. McCloskey, Neelanjana Panda, Milind Deodhar, Rene' Charlene Bloemke

Abstract

A rules processing system includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing non-transitory, computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving, by an API gateway, a transaction from a pharmacy, the transaction having a first data format; reformatting, by a translation component, the transaction received by the API gateway into a structured data format used by a rules engine included in the rules processing system; evaluating, by the rules engine, one or more of fields of the transaction according to a configurable set of logic rules; inserting, into a wrapper of the transaction, supplementary data based on the evaluation of the one or more fields; reformatting, by the translation component, the transaction into the first data format; and transmitting, by the API gateway, the transaction to the pharmacy.