Description
Position at Healthmap Solutions Puerto Rico
Company Background
Healthmap Solutions is the future of specialty health management that focuses on progressive diseases, with a particular expertise in kidney health populations. Healthmap Solutions uses clinical big data resources and high-powered analytics to power complex specialty health management programs. Healthmap Solutions is a diverse, growing company committed to our clients and our employees. We are champions for better health, for those who need us most.
Position Summary
The Pharmacist, PR is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing programs to ensure that medications prescribed for kidney disease and its related comorbidities are evidence-based and cost-effective. The role involves interacting with physicians, advanced care practitioners, nurses, and other clinicians to provide guidance about medication stewardship with a focus on kidney disease and comorbidities prevalent in this population. The clinical pharmacist will guide Healthmap’s comprehensive pharmacy strategy and work collaboratively across Healthmap departments to bring value to all pharmacy related initiatives and clinical programs.
Responsibilities
- Review medication regimens and make recommendations on how regimens might be adjusted based on protocols and current guidelines
- Create educational material for providers, members, and staff regarding new drugs, new indications, guideline updates, and/or counter-detailing of industry advertisement
- Participate in the development of treatment algorithms, guidelines, policies and procedures as well as other kidney disease management efforts
- Evaluate medications that are high-cost, high-risk or high-volume using population health framework
- Optimize disease management for members
- Enhance processes related to medication reconciliation, medication adherence, and avoidable polypharmacy
- Conduct drug use evaluations or disease-based audits (e.g., review prescribing against predetermined criteria)
- Collaborate with other care providers in the effective sharing of practice expertise
- Communicate clinical information accurately and comprehensively to other providers of patient care
- Adhere to policies, procedures and state and federal regulations to ensure compliance and confidentiality of Protected health information (PHI)
- Participate in Compliance, HIPPA and other important trainings that align to Healthmap’s HR Security Policies
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- PharmD degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy with American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Accredited Residency
- 3 years clinical pharmacy experience in working face to face with physicians and health care providers in hospital or ambulatory care
- Active Pharmacy License
- Renal patient pharmacy management and value-based care experience, Health Plan and/or Vendor experience preferred
- Understanding of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Star measures, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures, MIPS and National Quality Forum measures
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish
- Must reside in Puerto Rico
Skills
- Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical and strategic skills required
- Self-driven with ability to work independently
- Ability to drive pharmacy strategy
- Metrics driven
- Comfortable speaking in front of audiences
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
No Travel
#LI - Remote
Americans with Disability Specifications
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we will not discriminate against any job candidate or employee due to age, race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, disability, familial status, veteran status, marital status, parental status, or pregnancy. In our innovative and inclusive workplace, we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.
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