Field Reimbursement Specialist

AmerisourceBergen; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 86,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Field Reimbursement Specialist to play a vital role in helping patients access life-changing therapies. This position involves educating healthcare personnel on reimbursement processes and navigating access issues to ensure patients receive the therapies they need. With the opportunity to travel extensively within a designated territory, you will leverage your expertise to make a significant impact on patient care. Join a team that values your contributions and supports your professional growth while making a difference in the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision care

Paid parental leave

Professional development resources

Employee resource groups

Volunteer activities

Qualifications

• Ability to educate healthcare personnel on reimbursement topics.
• Experience in managing access issues for patients.

Responsibilities

• Educate provider office staff on logistics for client products.
• Deliver educational presentations at various provider sites.

Skills

Field-based reimbursement support

Education and consultation

Revenue cycle management

Understanding of Specialty Pharmacy

Medical and pharmacy benefits knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Field Reimbursement Specialist

Apply locations Remote, Illinois, Remote, Indiana, Remote, MI

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago

Job requisition id: R255479

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Job Details

Interested candidates must reside within the listed territory and will be required to travel up to 80% within the specified territory that includes but may not be limited to Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.

Play a vital role in helping patients gain access to life-changing therapies! From oral medications to biosimilars to critical cancer treatments to infusions, our associates, with their passion for patients, represent these therapies providing education, coverage, and access solutions to healthcare personnel.

Field Reimbursement Specialists (FRSs) will plan and engage with customers, leveraging client-approved resources, to educate on access and reimbursement topics relevant to assigned client’s product. The FRS will manage daily activities that support appropriate patient access to our client’s products in the provider offices and work as a liaison to other patient assistance and reimbursement support services offered by our clients. Our teams travel weekly, sometimes requiring overnight travel, to healthcare offices within a designated territory, using their knowledge of coverage, patient assistance, and health policy to educate office staff and break through access issues to ultimately help patients.

As an FRS, a typical day might include:

1. Educate provider office staff and practice managers on logistics needed to support client product, including infrastructure needed to support in-office administration including buy and bill and monitoring of product, and important coverage and payer policy changes within assigned territories.
2. Educate provider office staff with understanding the payers’ coverage management strategies for product, including coding, billing, formulary, prior authorization, and appeal processes.
3. Probe to understand office processes and ability to discern root causes of access or reimbursement issues.
4. Deliver interactive educational presentations at various provider sites of service.
5. Provide information on relevant reimbursement topics related to our client’s products based on client’s approval.
6. Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Ability to conduct field-based reimbursement and access support, education, and consultation to key account customers and cross-functional partners.
2. Understands the dynamics of Specialty Pharmacy vs. Specialty Distribution.
3. Broad understanding of the physician buy-and-bill model vs. assignment of benefits to alternate sites of care.
4. Experience in revenue cycle, buy and bill (including billing with miscellaneous J-code), formulary, benefit investigations, prior authorization, coding, and appeals processes.
5. Deep understanding of medical and pharmacy benefits/policies.
6. Live within a reasonable commuting distance of a major airport in the listed location and be able to travel within a territory that includes but may not be limited to Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.

Nice to have:

1. High School Diploma or GED required.
2. Bachelor's degree or specific Practice Management experience preferred.
3. Project management skills.
4. Experience with extensive travel.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Salary Range*

$86,500 - $123,860

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned.

Affiliated Companies:

Affiliated Companies: Cencora Patient Services, LLC