Pharmacy Services Technician Work from home within WA, OR, ID or UT Onsite is available for those near an available office.

Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.

Who We Are Looking For:

Every day, Cambia's dedicated team of Pharmacy Technicians are living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. The Pharmacy team is a corporate-wide technical support resource for pharmacy benefit, reimbursement, and other drug use issues which do not require clinical judgment. This function assists the Clinical Pharmacy Consultants and Pharmacy Services staff with formulary-related operations and other operational processes which require knowledge and experience with pharmaceuticals.

What You Bring to Cambia

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or related certificate
• Five years of experience as a pharmacy services technician in a retail, hospital, or other licensed pharmacy setting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Pharmacy Service Tech certificate may be substituted for two years of experience.

Skills and Attributes:

• Knowledge of Medical terminology, health care coding systems such as ICD 10, CPT and HCPCS and HIPPA regulations.
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical products, including orals, injectables, infusion products, and chemotherapy.
• Knowledge of general office practices and procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Grammar and techniques of business practice.
• Ability to interact effectively with a variety of health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and billing staff both internally and externally.
• Demonstrate maturity, tact, diplomacy, and persuasiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to perform pharmaceutical pricing calculations.
• Ability to type 30 words per minute, 60 wpm preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to operate a variety of standard business machines including calculators, copiers, and faxes.
• Basic computer programs skills (Word, Excel, etc.).
• Ability to organize, plan, and prioritize daily workflow and projects within time constraints.
• Experience with health insurance and/or prescription benefits preferred.

What You Will Do at Cambia

• Performs all duties as described in this document unless doing so would require clinical judgement. In any situation in which clinical judgment is necessary, the Pharmacy Services Technician will seek assistance from appropriate medical personnel. Appropriate medical personnel will be available for support during normal business hours.
• Responds to non-clinical pharmacy issues from providers, pharmacy services staff, case managers, preauthorization nurses, ENCC personnel, and government programs personnel and customer service. These pharmacy issues include formulary drug coverage, appeal and reconsideration claim status, and pricing for drug claims.
• Completes daily formulary operational processes, including tracking, processing, and obtaining appropriate documentation for pharmacy medical exception requests, prior authorization requests, reconsiderations, and appeals.
• Prepares reconsideration requests for Clinical Pharmacy Consultant review by obtaining and organizing appropriate documentation, including, but not limited to medical chart notes/reports and medication profiles.
• Communicates (orally and by written documentation) information and determinations to providers and members as necessary.
• Obtains and organizes drug utilization data, including patient specific and population- based data, in a manner which facilitates clinical review and decisions by Clinical Pharmacist Consultants. Organizing data includes but is not limited to sorting drugs into appropriate therapeutic and generic categories.
• Assists with auditing and investigations of medication-related claims, cases, and providers to ident fy misuse of medications, misuse of (Regence HMO Oregon) resources, substance abuse, and erroneous and fraudulent billing practices.
• Investigates and organizes workflow for claims referred to Pharmacy Services for review and allowable determination (misc. J codes, providers on review, reconsiderations).
• Supports wellness and disease state management programs for Pharmacy Service and corporately which contribute to NCQA accreditation and ongoing quality improvement.
• Contributes to and supports the corporation's quality initiatives through process improvement teams and by encouraging team and individual contributions toward the corporation's quality improvement efforts.

Your Work Environment

• Work primarily performed in an in-home environment.
• May be required to work overtime.

Why Cambia?

When you work at Cambia, you become part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy, and team spirit always shine through.

We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck - and that your compensation should be, too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(K) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities, and more.

The starting hourly wage for this role is $22.00-26.00/hour, depending on candidate's geographic location and experience.

The annual incentive payment target for this position is 5%.

About Cambia

Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.

Why Join the Cambia Team?

At Cambia, you can:

• Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
• Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
• Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
• Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
• Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.

We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck - and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.

In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
• Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
• Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
• Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
• Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
• Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
• Commute and parking benefits.

Learn more about our benefits.

We are happy to offer work from home options for most of ou