
Pharmacy Claims Supervisor
- Woodridge, IL
- $60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Medical; Dental; Vision
- 401k with a match
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Company paid benefits - life; and short and long-term disability
- Supervises adjudication staff in a leadership role to maintain a positive working environment by creating synergy and teamwork to minimize employee relations issues and reduce turnover. Communicates effectively across pharmacy and/or corporate teams and with patients, and successfully resolves issues.
- Assists Director of Pharmacy Operations in day-to-day pharmacy operations and in implementing new procedures to ensure that the accurate and timely dispensing of quality pharmacy services is consistently delivered to all patients using effective service leadership and customer skills.
- Works with pharmacy management to recruit, select, hire, orientate, develop, and train new associates. On an ongoing basis, evaluates, coaches, and utilizes performance management practices to motivate and set expectations for BV staff. In collaboration with management, drafts and delivers effective corrective action plans and disciplinary action to technicians performing at substandard levels.
- Manages and reports on daily activity of vertical team members, including monitoring of daily workflow and Pulse reporting.
- Handles escalations for difficult claim rejection resolution cases/questions to ensure accurate and timely completion of adjudication.
- Adjudicates pharmacy claims for prescriptions in active workflow for primary, secondary, and tertiary pharmacy plans and reviews claim responses for accuracy before accepting the claim.
- Contacts insurance companies to resolve third-party rejections and ensures pharmacy claim rejections are resolved to allow for timely shipping of medications. Performs outreach calls to patients or providers to reschedule their medication deliveries if claim resolution cannot be completed by ship date and causes shipment delays.
- Works with Pharmacy Technician Manager and/or Director of Pharmacy Operations on other responsibilities, projects, implementations, and initiatives as needed.
- Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations and compliance with professional practice and patient confidentiality laws.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed and other duties as assigned.
- Education/Learning Experience
- Required: High School Diploma or GED. Previous Experience in Pharmacy, Medical Billing, or Benefits Verification, Knowledge of insurance and applicable regulations
- Desired: Associates or Bachelor's Degree, Certified Pharmacy Technician, Specialty pharmacy experience
- Work Experience
- Required: 4+ years pharmacy or pharmacy adjudication or equivalent experience, previous leadership experience
- Desired: 5+ years pharmacy or pharmacy adjudication or equivalent experience, 1+ years supervisor experience, Specialty pharmacy experience
- Skills/Knowledge
- Required:
- NDC medication billing, PBM and medical contracts, healthcare audit experience, knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance, pharmacy test claim and NCPDP claim rejection resolution, coordination of benefits, excellent interpersonal skills, able to work with all levels of management and staff, vast knowledge of pharmacy terminology and process including sig codes, and roman numerals, brand/generic names of medication, advanced typing, math and analytical skills.
- Desired: Specialty pharmacy operations, leadership skills, independent decision-making abilities, able to conduct research, be resourceful, and self-reliant, excellent communication skills
- Licenses/Certifications
- Required: Registration with Board of Pharmacy as required by state law
- Desired: Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB), Advanced Certified Pharmacy Technician with completion of Billing and Reimbursement certification
- Behavior Competencies
- Required: Independent worker, good interpersonal skills, excellent verbal and written communications skills, ability to work independently, work efficiently to meet deadlines and be flexible, detail-oriented, great time-management skills, leadership