Clinical Program Advisor - Express Scripts - Hybrid (Strategic Markets)

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Cool Valley (MO); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Well-being programs

401(k)

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Leaves of absence

Job summary

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company is seeking a Clinical Program Advisor to provide clinical evaluation of utilization management and rebate criteria and to align formulary placements with contract requirements. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure proper interpretation of clinical rules and support rebate invoicing accuracy.

The role requires a PharmD or B.S. in Pharmacy with a US pharmacist license, and encourages knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid and pharmaceutical contracts.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• Current U.S. pharmacist license required.
• Experience in PBM, pharmaceutical and healthcare industry preferred.
• General knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid pharmacy benefits beneficial.
• Experience with pharmaceutical contracts and pharmacy benefits preferred.
• Strong presentation and communication skills; multitasking ability.

Responsibilities

• Support formulary, rebate, and utilization management strategies for current and future needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess clinical and financial impacts.
• Monitor industry pipelines, patent expirations, and drug launches.
• Provide consultative clinical support for rebate requirements in agreements.
• Conduct financial/rebate impact assessments and form strength of formulary changes.
• Serve as client contact for clinical and formulary initiatives.

Skills

Pharmacy degree

Pharmacist license

PBM/Healthcare industry experience

Medicare/Medicaid knowledge

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

BS in Pharmacy or PharmD

Job description

JOB POSTING TITLE Clinical Program Advisor - Express Scripts - Strategic Markets

Job Description

This role requires a clinical background, understanding of utilization management criteria, and ability to interpret pharmaceutical contracts. The Clinical Program Advisor will be responsible for review, consultation, and clinical evaluation of utilization management criteria to align with pharmaceutical rebate contract requirements and providing quality assurance evaluations that will promote accurate rebate invoicing. This role will work cross-functionally with the Pharmaceutical Contracting, Clinical Consulting, and Pharmaceutical Invoicing teams to ensure formulary tier and clinical rules are interpreted correctly and will evaluate benefit set up impacts on rebated drug products. Reporting to the Clinical Program Director, this position provides clinical support in documenting formulary placement/positioning and utilization management policies and procedures for the analysis and appropriate determination of client eligibility for rebate enhancement and exclusion options. Additionally, this role offers consultative clinical support in the interpretation of rebate requirements contained within manufacturer rebate agreements, as well as advice regarding impact assessments following any proposed or implemented changes to formulary tiers, contracts, or management policies. Additional responsibilities include acting as a point of contact for client’s clinical and formulary-related initiatives, completing financial/rebate impact assessments to evaluate utilization management strategies, conducting ongoing formulary maintenance and new formulary implementation reviews, and identifying prospects for clinical program adoption.

Essential Functions

• Support client with formulary, rebate, and utilization management strategies to service all current and future needs
• Participate in Clinical Program team functions, including maintaining formulary status changes for all actively maintained formularies, assessing utilization management policy updates, and consulting on anticipated clinical and financial impacts of strategies under consideration by the client
• Keep abreast with industry pipelines, such as new drugs, patent expirations, generic and biosimilar approvals and launch dates, etc.
• Act in concert with internal teams, such as Account Management, to service all needs of the client
• Participate in developing tools and training for carrying out goals of work plans, including continuous process improvement activities
• Represent the strategic market division as a point of contact for various corporate clinical initiatives, including participation in client meetings

Qualifications

• B.S. in Pharmacy with experience or Doctor of Pharmacy
• Current U.S. pharmacist license
• Experience in PBM, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industry
• Good to have – General knowledge of Medicare and/or Medicaid pharmacy benefits
• Experience with Pharmaceutical Contracts and Pharmacy Benefits strongly preferred
• Experience with clinical utilization criteria evaluation strongly preferred
• Excellent presentation and communication skills required
• Successfully function while handling multiple tasks and ability to prioritize
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment and learn quickly, solve problems, and make decisions with minimal assistance or direction from leader when interfacing clients and other internal partners
• Ability to work independently and prioritize work to meet client needs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications required

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 95,500 - 159,100 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location. This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

Benefits

• medical
• vision
• dental
• well-being and behavioral health programs
• 401(k)
• company paid life insurance
• tuition reimbursement
• a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
• paid holidays
• leaves of absence

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About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Equal Opportunity

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

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Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.