Details
- Department: Embedded Program
- Schedule: Monday - Friday, days
- Location: Remote, Wisconsin
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.
Responsibilities
The Pharmacy Technician, Embedded Advocate will be responsible for actively and successfully navigating patient prescriptions, which may include, but not be limited to: Submitting prior authorizations, supporting providers by assisting with benefits investigation, submitting appeals, exploring patient medication financial assistance options, coordinating fulfillment of orders with dispensing pharmacy, and identifying/resolving barriers on behalf of the interdisciplinary care teams in a remote setting.
- Collaboratively address issues such as benefits investigation, prior authorization, and financial assistance efforts to ensure patient receipt of needed medications
- Effectively navigate patient prescriptions, including those that are either limited distribution drugs or out-of-network
- Demonstrate availability as scheduled, to answer inbound calls while protecting the confidentiality of patient’s information and adhering to company policies regarding patient health information (PHI)
- Collection of appropriate patient demographic information to facilitate submission of prior authorization, supporting appeals, coordinating fulfillment of orders with dispensing pharmacies
- Serves as a liaison between the patient, pharmacists, providers, and third party administrators.
Requirements
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- One or more of the following required:
- Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Licensure required relevant to state in which work is performed. Must possess all state and local qualifications.
- Pharmacy Tech credentialed from the National Healthcareer Association obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Must possess all state and local qualifications. Licensure required relevant to state in which work is performed.
Education:
- High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
- Note: Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.
Additional Preferences
- Wisconsin Pharmacy Technician license
- 2+ years experience with prior authorizations and financial assistance
- EMR familiarity with Therigy, McKesson EnterpriseRx and Aria
Why Join Our Team
Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
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Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
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