Certified Pharmacy Technician (remote)

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Job Title - Certified Pharmacy Technician (REMOTE)

Pay: $17 - $18/hour

**Contract to Hire - Must have prior authorization and managed care experience*

Hours: M-F 10:00am - 7pm CST

Training Hours: M-F 8am - 5pm CST (2 weeks)

Certifications: Nationally Certified (PTCB)

Interview: Video Interviews will take place

Job Summary:

In this role, you will play an essential role in building our pharmacy utilization management function. The Clinical Review team is one of the most important clinical functions - we encourage evidence-based practice through utilization review to ensure our members get access to the right care - particularly those who need it most. You will be responsible for understanding and helping to grow our pharmacy utilization management program and driving high quality reviews.

Skills:

As a Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacy Processor, dedicated to high quality pharmacy decision-making and improving the member and provider experience, you'll be responsible for:

• Determining eligibility and screening incoming pharmacy prior authorization requests for all required documents
• Preparing, organizing,and distributing pharmacy prior authorization requests for review by pharmacist/physician and responding to pharmacist/physician requests for additional information
• Learning and using client and vendor tools to create, process, and properly track pharmacy prior authorization requests
• Collecting relevant medical information (via telephone, fax, and portal) and applying the appropriate PA criteria
• Meeting required decision-making timeframes, including promptly triggering escalation for cases requiring pharmacist review
• Clearly documenting all communication and decision-making, ensuring a peer could easily reference and understand your decision
• Communicating oral and written prior authorization outcome notifications that comply with standards and requirements for timeliness, content and accuracy
• Demonstrating the highest level of professionalism, accountability, and service in your interactions with teammates, customer service, providers, and members
• Developing a working familiarity with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements
• Providing support on regulatory audits and quality accreditation surveys, as needed
• Supporting the team prepare for expansion into new markets, as needed

Benefits

Once you have been a contract employee of Medix for 30 days, you become eligible for our Benefits Program. Should you elect to enroll, there are three levels of medical coverage to choose from, supplemental dental plans and term plans as well as the option to enroll your spouse and/or children. You can select the best combination that best suits your needs.

As a contract employee with Medix, you can choose to enroll in our Benefits Program during your eligibility period and enjoy:

• Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) plan
• Two different fixed indemnity plan add-ons
• Major Medical Plans, including 1 HSA Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term disability
• Life and AD&D