Pharmacy Technician – Prior Authorization & Medication Assistance – Remote

Medical Virtual Assistants; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Prior Authorization for a remote role. You will review and process prior authorization requests with payers, assist clinics, and coordinate with clinicians to improve medication access.

The role requires CA license and prior authorization experience; you will interact with patients and healthcare teams, supporting high-cost therapies and payer requirements, while working from home.

Qualifications

• High school Diploma or Equivalent.
• Current California Pharmacy Technician license in good standing.
• Prior Authorization experience is highly preferred.
• Physical demands: Frequent standing; walking, bending; reaching, occasional sitting, pushing & pulling, lifting of materials up to 40 pounds for distances to 10 feet.
• Responsiveness to auditory alarms and communication devices including: telephones, beepers, fire alarms, and mechanical failure alarms.
• Sufficient mobility to access equipment, patients and other customers.
• Able to read information on medication labels.

Responsibilities

• Supporting prior authorization by reviewing electronic health record and comparing with payer-requirements for specific medications
• Supporting clinics with prior authorization questions
• Collaborating with physicians, nurses, admissions and contracting
• Coordination and communication with patients related high cost drug questions as they arise
• Working with patients and Patients Assistance Programs to support high cost medications therapies

Skills

Prior authorization

Medication labels

Effective communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

California Pharmacy Technician license

Job description

Los Angeles, California, Job Description When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it?s just one of the many reasons we?ve achieved our six-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you?ll have everything you need to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we are tied #1 in California and eleven years in a row on the “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll. This role is a remote position. A staff member who works exclusively from home may be in California or one of the following approved states – Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, Georgia and Florida. The full time – remote role of Pharmacy Technician Prior Authorization at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California will work collaboratively with the Pharmacy Specialists responsible for this function to improve medication access to patients include obtaining prior authorization and co-pay assistance for injectable medications.

Other responsibilities

• Supporting prior authorization by reviewing electronic health record and comparing with payer-requirements for specific medications
• Supporting clinics with prior authorization questions
• Collaborating with physicians, nurses, admissions and contracting
• Coordination and communication with patients related high cost drug questions as they arise
• Working with patients and Patients Assistance Programs to support high cost medications therapies

Qualifications

• High school Diploma or Equivalent
• Current California Pharmacy Technician license in good standing
• Prior Authorization experience is highly preferred
• Physical demands: Frequent standing; walking, bending; reaching, occasional sitting, pushing & pulling, lifting of materials up to 40 pounds for distances to 10 feet.
• Responsiveness to auditory alarms and communication devices including: telephones, beepers, fire alarms, and mechanical failure alarms.
• Sufficient mobility to access equipment, patients and other customers.
• Able to read information on medication labels .