Capital Rx

Quality Assurance Pharmacist – Medicare

Capital Rx

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $135,000 - $145,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Perform routine auditing and monitoring processes to ensure quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance of Medicare coverage requests and appeals
  • Complete monthly coverage determination, organization determination, and appeals performance and process audits in alignment with CMS regulations and best practices
  • Create and maintain progress reports and audit results in accordance with regulatory requirements and internal processes
  • Present audit results to leadership in a timely manner to address issues and ensure adherence to departmental procedures and regulatory requirements (CMS, URAC, NCQA)
  • Continuously review and remain informed of all CMS regulatory requirements and updates impacting the coverage request and appeals processes
  • Respond to inquiries from internal and external stakeholders regarding quality assurance processes, audit results, and compliance policies and procedures
  • Work independently and with team members as warranted by audit assignment
  • Assist in designing and implementing audit tools and programs, creating QA scorecards and guides in collaboration with all department stakeholders
  • Provide ongoing performance feedback to team leads to ensure consistent performance
  • Assist management in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating operational and compliance risks
  • Work in collaboration with operational leaders to identify training opportunities and recommend improvements to Work Instructions, Job Aids, and Policy and Procedures to improve performance

Requirements

  • Active, unrestricted, pharmacist license required
  • 2+ years Medicare coverage determination, organization determination, and/or appeals audit experience required
  • Extensive knowledge of how to operationalize Medicare requirements
  • Strong oral and written communication skills required
  • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills required
  • Possess strong analytical skills, attention to detail, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, stay productive in a remote, high-volume, metric driven work environment
  • Ability to multi-task and collaborate in a team with shifting priorities
  • CMS program audit experience (preferred)
  • Familiarity/experience with URAC and NCQA regulatory requirements (preferred)
  • 1+ years of compliance or regulatory experience at a PBM or health plan (preferred)