Pharmacist - Prior Authorizations

Our Client, a Retail Pharmacy company, is looking multiple Pharmacists with prior authorization experience to work remotely. Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and review all prior authorization requests and render coverage determinations based on clinical criteria and plan design.
• Includes verifying insurance coverage and eligibility, interpreting clinical guideline criteria, consulting physicians and other healthcare providers, and appropriately utilizing clinical knowledge and resources while complying with department protocols.
• One of the crucial responsibilities is to guarantee that the decisions regarding cases are conveyed promptly and efficiently to all the healthcare providers, health plans/employers, patients, and other healthcare professionals following agreed-upon approval & denial management processes.
• Collaborate with the technicians and prior authorization team members to process referrals, including answering clinical questions and collecting appropriate clinical/medical data needed to perform clinical assessments and reviews as per the health plan/employer- agreed criteria within the designated service level agreements.
• Performs and handles in bound and outbound phone calls with technicians, prior authorization team members, physicians, healthcare providers, and/or patients to facilitate prior authorization requests, answer inquiries, and/or resolve escalations.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge of drug and disease states for the Specialty and Non-Specialty Pharmacy programs administered within the Commercial Prior Authorization and Case Review Unit (CRU) line of business.
• Perform other related projects and duties as assigned, including attending training sessions and development meetings, and providing on-call and after-hours pharmacist avail ability as needed.
• Demonstrated experience using clinical resources, e g., Micromedex, Lexicomp, Clinical Pharmacology
• Ability to prioritize, quickly assess, manage multiple tasks and adapt to constantly changing situations.

Requirements:

• Excellent organizational skills. Strong detail orientation.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to receive phone calls from prior authorization pharmacy technicians and/or providers for clinical information.
• Minimum 2 years' recent experience reviewing and processing prior authorizations against health plan criteria for a determination in a specialty/skilled clinical setting i.e., specialty medical office or Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM)
• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy or PharmD

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

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