Gainwell Technologies is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable communities through technology. As a Senior Business Analyst - Pharmacy, you will play a critical role in pharmacy benefit management, ensuring client objectives are met by supporting implementations, operations, and system configurations.
Responsibilities:
- Support PBM or Drug rebate implementations and configurations
- Support PBM operations and maintenance on established accounts
- Work with a team of pharmacy clinicians and subject matter experts to configure the pharmacy systems to deliver services to our state clients
- Assist in implementation of a pharmacy payer system
- Perform Pharmacy updates including benefit plan design, edit/audit set up, utilization controls, PDL, configuration updates, and auto prior authorization parameters
- Be a knowledgeable bridge between operations staff, clients, project managers and technical staff to define, document and share pharmacy business requirements and expected impact
- Work with the client to develop business rules and configuration requirements
- Analyze, plan, design, document or make recommendations to improve business processes to support client’s technology goals
- Help verify that all requirements have been met by approving and validating test results
- Testing point of sale (POS) pharmacy claims as required
- Exercise your ability to use basic analytical or relational database software — such as Excel or SQL — to quantify the anticipated impact of work
Requirements:
- Six (6) or more years of experience in a relevant pharmacy business analyst or pharmacy technician position
- Knowledge of computer programming concepts such as configuration, development, data conversion analysis and batch processing
- Advanced knowledge in analytical software such as Microsoft Excel or SQL and other requirement-mapping tools such as Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools
- Strong communication skills, including translating client needs into actionable objectives and presenting effectively to business, technical, and executive audiences
- Strong analytical abilities with experience in business process re-engineering and problem solving
- Highly organized with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage workload effectively, and operate independently
- Pharmacy Experience as a Pharmacy Technician or working for a PBM
- Knowledge of drugs and drug file structures through FDB, Medispan, or Micromedex
- Knowledge the pharmacy payer process/claims processing
- Experience working with drug file data or NCPDP guidelines
- 3 or more years of Medicaid and Medicare experience preferred
- Knowledge of prior authorization processes and criteria preferred