Rare Reimbursement Executive, Southwest

UCB Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB Inc. in the United States is seeking a Rare Reimbursement Executive, Southwest, to join the Market Access and Affordability Team.

This field-based role requires up to 75% daily and overnight travel covering Arizona & Nevada, with time zones aligned to Pacific and Mountain. You will ensure patients access UCB rare disease therapies, provide ethical payer commentary, and support sites of care with benefit design, prior authorizations, denials, coding, and reimbursement policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required (Master's preferred).
• 8+ years pharmaceutical or biotech experience required.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of medical and pharmacy benefit reimbursement including benefit investigation.
• 4+ years Reimbursement/Account Management experience preferred.
• Excellent working knowledge of evolving reimbursement landscape and the practice management environment.
• Neurology or Rare Disease experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison to sites of care administering UCB rare disease products through medical and pharmacy benefits.
• Provide support on benefit verifications, procurement processes, reimbursement information, billing, coding, and coverage details.
• Provide on-demand education, including Lunch and Learns or Dinner presentations, for office staff about Reimbursement.
• Advise on utilization management, appeals, and year-end re-authorization verification processes.
• Develop strategic coverage and reimbursement relationships with local Medicare Part A/B Contractors.

Skills

Reimbursement

Account management

Payer policy

Market access

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Rare Reimbursement Executive, Southwest who is self-aware, patient centric and collaborative to join us in our Market Access and Affordability Team. This is a field-based position that requires up to 75% daily and overnight travel will cover Arizona & Nevada and is designed to support Pacific and Mountain Time Zones.

About the Role

You will ensure that appropriate patients have access to UCB rare disease products and Patient Services. You will also provide ethical commentary on local, regional, and national payer coverage and their pharmacy and medical policies to all engaged sites of care. You will leverage your knowledge in the market access and reimbursement journey encompassing procurement, payer policies and coverage, benefit design, prior authorizations, appeals, exceptions, denials, coding and payer payment guidelines, site of care regulation/requirements, understanding of coding guidelines with demonstrated knowledge of the complex payer environment. You will relay detailed benefit information in order to maximize the Provider and Staff experience including market dynamics, coverage, billing, coding and reimbursement policies for all sites of care involved.

Who you'll work with

Internally, you will work with stakeholders across Market Access, Sales, the Patient Assistance Program, Marketing and Compliance. Externally, you will work with sites of care, patients and their respective payer, specialty pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers.

What you'll do

• Serve as a liaison to all engaged sites of care administering UCB rare disease product(s) through a patient's medical benefit and pharmacy benefit.
• Provide support to patients and accounts specific to benefit verifications, product procurement processes, reimbursement information, billing, coding, and coverage details.
• Provide on-demand education, including Lunch and Learns or Dinner presentations, for office staff regarding Reimbursement and support services.
• Advises all sites of care on payer specific nuances related to utilization management protocols, appeals processes and the year -end re-authorization verification process.
• Work with all engaged sites of care to inform them on matters related to access and reimbursement of UCB rare disease products.
• Sole point of contact for all stakeholders should a Medical Claim denial be presented by a provider.
• Develop strategic coverage, access and reimbursement relationships with their local Medicare Part A/B Contractors and attends Medicare Part A/B Contractor open meetings.
• Provide coverage updates, policy changes and communications to internal UCB colleagues.
• Provide strategic coverage and reimbursement, benefit recertification support and marketplace feedback to internal colleagues aligned to their geographies.

• Monitor, interpret, and communicate local, regional, and national payer policy updates impacting UCB Rare Disease therapies.
• Provide reimbursement education and ethical commentary regarding medical and pharmacy benefit coverage, benefit design, utilization management requirements, coding practices, reimbursement methodologies, and payer policy changes.
• Disseminate relevant coverage and policy updates to internal stakeholders and aligned cross-functional teams.

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Bachelor's degree required (Master's preferred)
• 8+ years of pharmaceutical or biotech experience required
• Demonstrated working knowledge of medical and pharmacy benefit reimbursement including benefit investigation required
• 4+ years Reimbursement/Account Management experience preferred
• Excellent working knowledge of evolving reimbursement landscape and the practice management environment
• Neurology or Rare Disease experience preferred

About us

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?

At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

At UCB, we've embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.