CheckRx, a startup in San Diego, is offering a mobile phone app that can simplify the Medicare Part D drug plan shopping process.
A Medicare plan shopper, or insurance agent, can use the app to scan the shopper's prescription bottle labels, use the results to create a list of drugs the shopper is taking, and show how much an enrollee in the available Medicare drug plans would pay for the drugs.
Other apps, such as Affinda and Drug Barcode Scanner Pro, can also identify prescription drugs by scanning the bottle labels. What sets the CheckRx app apart is the built-in connection with the Medicare drug plan pricing database.
