Description

ProxsysRx is currently recruiting for a 340B Coordinator at Holyoke Medical Center in Holyoke, MA. The 340B Coordinator will assist with ensuring all 340B eligible sites are compliant, including policy & procedure development; developing and providing education on 340B; completing regular self-audits and monitoring for compliance validation; ensuring patient, location & provider eligibility; recommending program enhancements and cost saving opportunities; collaboration with organization stakeholders; overseeing Inventory management of 340B medications; ensuring the split billing software data integrity is fully mapped to correct NDC, cdm & crosswalk; and participating in 340B educational sessions to ensure HMC has the current program and regulatory information. 

We offer a great schedule with Monday - Friday day shift hours and a competitive benefits package! 

Responsibilities

• Maintain up-to-date policies and procedures on 340b purchasing processes. Review policies and procedures on an ongoing basis and offer contributions and changes to ensure 340b compliance.
• 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.
• Evaluate patient eligibility for qualified and non-qualified patients in mixed-sue areas and clinics by reviewing patient medical records, insurance plans, and hospital status.
• Perform audits on a regular scheduled basis; may involve presenting and resolving reconciliation issues as they arise during the monitoring and reconciliation process.
• Perform monthly audits of contract pharmacies and internal pharmacy operations.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the 340b program and strive to consistently improve the overall efficiency, value, and internal support of the program.
• Continue to build knowledge of the health care and pharmacy services industry, and use that knowledge to identify ways and make recommendations to improve the 340b program.
• Develop reports that can be used to educate staff and assist management in tracking the overall financial impact to the organization. Build other reports, as appropriate, to monitor and improve 340b program compliance and performance.
• Maintain copies of reports for compliance and audit purposes.
• Identify and construct appropriate financial metrics for reporting and to assess areas of improvement.
• Monitor, report, and analyze contract pharmacy 340b activities; provide financial reports relative to financial impacts and liabilities; make recommendations that would improve efficiency.
• Learn Pharmaceutical Buyer functions to be capable to assist and cover role in processing requisitions, issuing purchase orders, expedite deliveries, resolve receiving and invoicing issues or problems.
• Learn Pharmacy Technician role enough to be capable to assist and cover role should the need arise. Further, to understand processes with dispensing technology and function.
• Assist with annual inventory.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with GPO Prohibition and rules for DSH; including compliance with all track-and-trace legal requirement of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act for purchasing and distribution of drug products.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the split-billing system and the functions to be performed. Educate other involved in the purchasing process to ensure proper operation and compliance.
• Develop and foster working relationships with internal working counterparts (IT, Corporate Compliance, Finance/Accounting, and others) to facilitate productive exchanges of information to improve program efficiency and compliance.

Requirements

• Associates in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred. 
• Experience working with auditing or financial spreadsheets.
• Must be a licensed Pharmacy Technician with the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy.
• Must have a Certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). 
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Outstanding customer service skills.