Specialty Pharmacy Patient Financial Advocate - Hybrid
The University of Kansas Health System · US
Position Title Specialty Pharmacy Patient Financial Advocate - Hybrid Southlake Campus Position Summary / Career Interest: The Specialty Pharmacy Patient Fin...
Job description
Position Title Specialty Pharmacy Patient Financial Advocate - Hybrid Southlake Campus: Position Summary / Career Interest: The Specialty Pharmacy Patient Financial Advocate is responsible for acting as a financial advocate for patients regarding access to their specialty prescription medications. Specialty medications include prescription medications that are typically used to treat serious and often life threatening disease (cancer, hepatitis C, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, etc.) or rare diseases. These medications are complex and may require additional monitoring, have special administration, storage, and delivery requirements. Access to these medications can be made more complex through strict insurance requirements and the high cost of these therapies. Specialty Pharmacy Patient Financial Advocate job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, securing authorization for the medication through the patient's prescription insurance, seeking copay assistance options for the patient, seeking free drug from manufacturer programs for uninsured and underinsured patients. Provides excellent customer service to communicate prescription cost...