City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 6000 employees, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy.
Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.
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Position Summary
The 340B pharmacist is a licensed professional individual, who is responsible for assisting the director and managers in the operational aspects of a department or unit on a 7-day/week, 24-hour basis. This individual is the subject matter expert in all aspects of 340B program and actively works to ensure 340B Program compliance, through efficient monitoring, policy and procedure development, education, self[1]audits, program optimization, reporting, purchasing/inventory duties, as well as assisting in performance improvement initiatives. He or she participates in the supervision of human and material resources, as well as, program planning, and evaluation. He/she provides input into and is expected to meet budget, revenue and expense targets. This position supervises employees, assigns work, coaches, trains, and evaluates performance. It is expected that the individual who holds this position is able to actively participate with peers, subordinates, and supervisors in constructive problem solving, as well as, to facilitate frequent team building interactions with staff.
Key Responsibilities include:
Policy and Procedure Development:
- Maintain up-to-date policies and procedures on 340B purchasing processes.
- Develop systems and processes to limit program liabilities and provide proper audits to identify risk and prevent duplicate discounts and diversion.
- Review 340B Program policies and procedures on an ongoing basis and offer contributions and changes to ensure 340B compliance.
Education Development:
- Develop proper 340B quality assurance training for employees as appropriate.
- Provide proactive education to staff on policies and procedures related to inventory management and 340B procedures.
- Expand professional development through related classes and seminars, current publications, and regional/national association membership participation.
- May assist in the development, implementation, or promotion of programmatic resources/tools to support staff.
Audit and Program Control
- Involvement in all 340B Program audits.
- Perform audits on a scheduled basis; may involve presenting and resolving reconciliation issues as they arise during the monitoring and reconciliation process.
- Perform audits of contract pharmacies monthly at the minimum.
- Perform internal audits of 340B pharmacy operations monthly at the minimum.
- Ensure compliance with 340B Program requirements for qualified patients, drugs, and locations.
- Monitor and audit state Medicaid claims to ensure compliance to prevent potential duplicate discount rebates.
- Using Excel or a comparable data management program, filter out non-eligible transactions, including, but not limited to, drugs used to treat patients during inpatient care, Medicaid patients, drugs provided free by manufacturers, those provided at non-eligible locations, or prescriptions written by non-eligible providers.
340B Billing Duties:
- Responsible for monitoring charges as it relates to 340B Medicaid and Medicare billing.
- Perform 340B cost updates.
- Responsible for the 340B build in the EMR system.
- Additional Duties as assigned.
Minimum Education:
- Graduate of ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School or School with ACPE accreditation pending
- Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
- Two years of experience as a pharmacist in a hospital setting.
- Current CA Pharmacist License.
- CPR certification or receive one within 3 months of hire date.
- BS Pharmacy Degree, Pharm D preferred
- 340B ACE Certification
- Epic Willow Certification
- Three years of experience working as a 340B Pharmacist, preferred.
- Full Time
- Days
- Posting Date: Dec 9, 2021
- Job Field: Allied Health
- Employee Status: Regular
- Shift: Day Job