At Shields, we pride ourselves on our culture of inclusion and kindness and the difference we make in patients' lives every day. We are tremendously proud to be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ four years in a row. In 2022, we were awarded US Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care™, Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials™ & Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™.
Improving lives and elevating performance are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why more health system leaders trust Shields to elevate access, outcomes and growth within specialty pharmacy — delivering value throughout the entire health system. Leveraging our proven Shields Performance Platform – we deliver the financial results that health systems demand and the superior outcomes patients deserve. With the foremost leaders in specialty pharmacy on our team; proven success partnering with more than 70 health systems; and a vested interest in delivering measurable results – we are the partner health systems trust to transform their specialty pharmacy into a powerful growth engine and elevate performance where it matters most.
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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