Pharmacy Benefits Specialist - Contingent - Pharmacy Advantage

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Pharmacy Benefits Specialist is responsible for handling drug claim adjudication issues, prescription prior authorization, and pharmacy benefit inquiries from members/patients, physicians, pharmacies, and other internal and external individuals. Is a subject matter expert in the resolution of pharmacy benefit coverage issues and coordinating prior authorization and exception processes. 

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs benefits investigation, prescription prior authorization, and research financial assistance needed to ensure patients have access to medications needed.
• Interprets patient treatment plans and medical notes for purposes of facilitating patient care.
• Evaluates any pharmacy related inquiries (i.e., financial barriers, therapy management related outcomes, non-adherence to therapy) and communicates with nursing, providers, social workers and physician staff any additional requirements or potential barriers to the treatment plan.
• Performs all necessary steps during order entry to ensure order gets to final verification. Ensures the process is completed quickly, accurately, and in accordance with patient’s needs while maintaining the highest customer service/quality of care.
• Performs online ordering of prescriptions submitted to pharmacies.
• May perform pharmacy technician duties (i.e., data entry, product dispensing, selling prescriptions on the POS and delivering prescriptions).

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.