Pharmacy Tech, Prior Auth CPhT or PTCB (Remote)

Pharmacy Technician

Molina Healthcare is hiring for a Pharmacy Technician who is State Licensed/Certified and/or PTCB certified. This role is 100% remote, and the hours will be Mon-Fri 10am to 6:30pm Pacific Standard Time.

This role will be reviewing prior authorization requests for medications to be reviewed by the RPh's and or MD's for determination, assisting in determining medical necessity for medications along with assisting with pharmacy claims.

Highly qualified candidates for this role will have the following experience:

• 2+ years in a retail setting
• Prior Authorization experience
• Must be computer savvy- able to work within several computer systems at once
• Managed care experience
• High level of communication skills, both written and verbal

Essential Job Duties

• Provides support for pharmacy technician activities. Contributes to overarching pharmacy strategy for optimization of medication related health care outcomes, and quality cost-effective member care.
• Performs initial receipt and review of non-formulary or prior authorization requests against pharmacy plan approved criteria; requests additional information from providers as needed to properly evaluate requests.
• Accurately enters approvals or denials of requests.
• Facilitates prior authorization requests within established pharmacy policies and procedures.
• Participates in the development/administration of pharmacy programs designed to enhance the utilization of targeted drugs and identification of cost-saving pharmacy practices.
• Identifies and reports pharmacy departmental operational issues and resource needs to appropriate leadership.
• Assists Molina member services, pharmacies, and health plan providers in resolving member prescription claims, prior authorizations, and pharmacy service access issues.
• Articulates pharmacy management policies and procedures to pharmacy/health plan providers, Molina staff and others as needed

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years pharmacy technician experience, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and/or state pharmacy technician license (state specific if state required). If licensed, license must be active and unrestricted in state of practice.
• Ability to abide by Molina policies.
• Ability to maintain attendance to support required quality and quantity of work.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective work relationships with coworkers, clients, members, providers and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Microsoft Office suite (including Excel), and applicable software program(s) proficiency.