About the role
Job Purpose
The Company is seeking a highly motivated, self-starter who is looking for a challenging career with a fast-growing company in the Healthcare Services sector. Applicant should be results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality. A natural forward-planner who critically assesses own performance. Mature, credible, well-presented, professional and comfortable in dealing with others both in-person and on the phone. Critical to this position is a person who is able to work well under deadlines and time pressures. Applicant must be reliable, tolerant, and determined; an empathetic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view. Most importantly, person must be able to work as a member of a close-knit team.
The Payor Access / Contracting Analyst is responsible for numerous workflows involved in establishing and maintaining specialty pharmacy payor contracts on behalf of each partnering health system.
Job Duties
- Play a key role the assessment and fulfillment of clinical and operational reporting requirements mandated by payor and PBM networks
- Participate in the preparation and submission of applications related to specialty network access on behalf of Shields partners;
- Conduct primary and secondary research in support of the contracting process; with a focus on payor access and specialty formularies
- Perform investigative research into pharmacy network access at the BIN/PCN/Group level; inclusive of running test claims and other data-driven methods
- Support workstreams related to state licensing matters, including new applications, credentialing, and re-credentialing;
- Independently manage numerous workstreams related to contracting and payor access;
- Provide exceptional and timely customer service to our partners on all matters related to contracting and payor access;
- Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems;
- Willingness to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of the Company;
- Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential;
- Other duties as assigned;
Experience/ Education
- Experience with pharmacy claims, pharmacy benefit plans (BIN/PCN/Group), specialty medications, and specialty pharmacy clinical and operational care models
- Ability to communicate results in a clear and concise manner via Excel tables, email communication, and PowerPoint slides
- Exceptionally organized and data driven
- Comfortable and successful handling numerous concurrent work streams
Preferred: Project management and/or, healthcare contracting experience; clinical, pharmacy, 340B, or pharmacy benefit management knowledge
Traits: Organized, high-integrity, strict attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator, self-motivated
Other: Energetic, highly motivated, team player, extreme discretion and confidentiality are essential as this position deals with highly sensitive and private data in a HIPAA compliant environment
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Solid computer skills are required, including proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) for communication, documentation, and data management, as well as, navigating the internet and web-based platforms. Data entry and computer skills will be evaluated through an assessment as part of the pre-employment process.
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