340B Analyst

Business Overview :

Shields Health Solutions (SHS) is the industry leader in providing innovative and comprehensive care for the nation's chronically ill patient population. Shields creates and manages hospital-owned specialty pharmacy programs for hospitals and health systems who want to offer coordinated care services for patients with chronic illnesses. Using an integrated approach to patient care through our purpose-built software platform, TelemetryRx, our Patient Liaison model, and our centralized clinical support team, Shields is redefining what it means to provide superior, fully-integrated patient care from clinic to pharmacy to patient's homes.

Position Overview :

Shields Health Solutions is looking to hire a 340B Pharmacy Business Analyst, reporting to the regional Directors of 340B, to work directly with pharmacy compliance, finance, and operations individuals at its health system partners. The Pharmacy Business Analyst’s primary responsibility is to ensure pharmacy program compliance and generate additional 340B savings in order to service a greater volume of the most vulnerable patient populations.

Job Responsibilities and Duties :

• Develop a thorough understanding of the 340B program, monitor recent legislative changes or proposed 340B pharmacy regulations, and communicate current 340B trends and interpretations directly affecting SHS health system partners
• Work directly with health system 340B Compliance / Operations teams to monitor 340B Program compliance, audit non-340B prescriptions, identify new margin enhancement opportunities, and implement new 340B expansion strategies
• Develop an innate knowledge of all SHS partner pharmacy dispensing systems, EMRs, as well as various 340B platforms to monitor 340B activity
• Review Hospital Medicare Cost Reports and identify 340B eligible departments for new partner opportunities
• Track 340B Program savings generated by SHS health system partners
• Assist in implementing new 340B Third-Party Administrator (TPA) platforms for new hospital clients
• Develop and / or update 340B policies and procedures utilized by SHS partners to reflect 340B Program best practices and ensure partner 340B Program qualifications are met and maintained
• Assess and analyze each customers’ wholesaler accounts to ensure appropriate pricing is reflected for all medications
• Review each customer’s wholesaler catalog to confirm access to Limited Distribution Drugs (LDD) at all price points (340B & Non-340B)
• Ability to track LDD products dispensed as well as on-hand inventory levels in order to develop required reports by select PhRMA manufacturers
• Monitor 340B pricing restrictions issued by manufacturers and communicate SHS partner impact / SHS contribution profit
• Develop strategies in collaboration with SHS partners to consistently update eligible provider listings and data extracts utilized to identify 340B prescriptions
• Manage and track partner pharmacy activity dispensed through contract pharmacy arrangements. Create monthly reports to identify 340B revenue, dispensing fees, and corresponding COGS dispensed via contract pharmacy
• Maintain knowledge of pharmacy billing requirements for each State Medicaid agency
• Create daily reports to identify 340B eligible Managed Medicaid prescriptions and ensure appropriate 340B modifiers are included at the claim level to mitigate the risk of duplicate discounts
• Develop monthly reports and reprocess Medicaid Fee-for-Service prescriptions to reflect required acquisition cost reimbursement
• Perform weekly audits of non-340b prescriptions dispensed by partner pharmacy locations and gather 340B supporting documentation from the EMR to identify 340B optimization opportunities
• Collaborate with 340B Compliance teams and pharmacy liaisons to assess 340B eligibility for patients in cases in which the 340B price is the only procurement method
• Review and assess pharmacy purchasing trends by client in order to identify ordering inconsistencies or areas to improve purchasing efficiencies
• Evaluate available pricing offered to each client and identify cost savings opportunities via cheaper medication alternatives
• Collaborate with Shields Trade Relations group to obtain 340B pricing for drugs designated as an orphan drug for clients subject to the Orphan Drug Exclusion
• Develop and update 340B Program reporting detailing 340B volume, financial value, and other 340B KPIs as needed
• Expand professional development through 340B related classes and seminars, current publications, and 340B Coalition conference attendance

Skills and Position Requirements :

Education :

Shields Health Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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