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Drug Use Evaluation Pharmacist
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Job Number:
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32735
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Job Type:
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Full-Time
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Job Category:
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Pharmacist
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Company:
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Humana Inc.
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Location:
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Louisville, KY
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Date Posted:
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11/18/2009
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Travel:
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none
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Premiere Job Posting!!!
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Are you looking for a role where you can contribute unique and critical Pharmacological insights?
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Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.
Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.
Are you looking for a role where you can contribute unique and critical Pharmacological insights? Do you like to work in a high learning atmosphere where you can lead and influence business decisions?
... Then the Drug Use Evaluation Pharmacist role is for YOU!!!
This role reports directly to the Formulary and Utilization Management Leader.
In this new role you will manage a utilization program that is a value added clinical offering to Humana patients. Retrospective and concurrent DUR campaigns will significantly reduce medication errors and increase adherence to patient specific dosing per diagnosis. You will manage, through oversite by Humana's Pharmacy and therapeutics committee, the end to end processes from development to reporting on each clinical campaign.
Responsibilities:
• Retrospective Drug utilization management strategies with campaign and DUR implementation end to end
• Support clinical programs that improve the quality and costs of pharmaceutical care for commercial and government business
• Participate in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics processes and administrative policy development
• Interfacing with consumer program strategies
• Provider consulting on DUR activities
• Formulary Management that involves:
-Developing clinical pharmacy policy on pharmaceuticals
-Developing pharmacy policy on step therapy, prior authorization, and dispensing limits
-Developing broader pharmacy policy
-Providing clinical review support
-Participating in pharmacy committees as appropriate
-Developing POS/concurrent edits
-Developing metrics that track DUR interventions
Education and Training:
• Pharmacist degree (PharmD preferred)
• 3 years clinical experience in managed care
• Active, unrestricted pharmacy clinical licensure
In addition, the ideal candidate should also have experience, skills or ability to learn:
• Strong Communication Skills (Oral and Written)
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Drug Pipeline Surveillance
• Utilization / Cost Trending
• Gathering thought leader opinion
• Gaining clinical consensus
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Operations |
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