Researches and synthesizes detailed clinical data related to medications to assist providers and patients in achieving cost and quality goals. 

Serves as a clinical resource for care management team, colleagues and practitioners for medication-related therapeutic interventions. Including disease specific management of the key drivers of total cost of care e.g. Diabetes, CHF, CKD, COPD etc. Including but not limited to the Genesis pateints 

Evaluates pharmacy quality program data and works with stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and implement strategies to optimize medication use and manage pharmacy spending effectively. 

Acts as a subject matter expert in pharmacy-related clinical measures for value-based care agreements during practice-level discussions. 

Works to improve pharmacy quality by staying up to date on STAR and HEDIS measures and provides direct patient support to improve medication use quality 

Creates and implements provider (and patient) education and resources to support appropriate medication use, improve clinical pharmacy measures and reduce pharmacy costs. 

Builds impactful relationships with providers to close the feedback loop between pharmacy and provider. 

Works collaboratively with PHSO care management executive team and leadership to achieve desired outcomes 

Oversees medication affordability and access programs for the PHSO care management department 

Address clinical questions and issues escalated from PHSO Medication Access Coordinator and/or PHSO pharmacy technicians. 

Completes outreach to patients and recommends personalized strategies to improve medication adherence, affordability, and clinical appropriateness of care. 

Creates and documents evidence-based recommendations to providers to optimize medication therapy and affordability/medication access. 

Educates providers, nurses, and other care team members on cost effective and clinically appropriate medication use and influences payer specific formulary changes to impact prescribing trends 

Engages with the MercyOne PHSO Chief Medical Office and Clinically Integrated Network Executive Directors for program design to optimize PHSO performance under value-based contracts 

Collaborates with PHSO analytics to measure to evaluate the effectiveness of PHSO medication related programs 

Maintains updated knowledge of legislative, regulatory, and reimbursement issues related to the practice of pharmacy in the state of Iowa 

Represents MercyOne PHSO in payer, consortium and employer meetings as needed 

Prepares presentations as assigned to leadership on specific pharmacy initiatives 

Other duties as assigned