Diana Weisner Email & Phone Number

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Recruited by previous coworker into an independent Clinical & Service position to manage several SNF & AL facilities consultant pharmacy needs.· Monthly Medication regimen reviews of all residents within each nursing home. Monthly on-site evaluations of med carts, med-pass and med room making sure nursing home are performing at CMS Guidelines.· Clinical.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Hired into a contract position to provide support for a high-profile initiative for a private American multinational provider of digital, IT services and solutions, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.
• Provide business direction and consultative analysis, testing and review; utilize clinical expertise to help focus in on the impact of the issue at hand.
• Oversee application of knowledge and next steps.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Provided comprehensive consultation of patient medication regime to ensure better clinical outcomes and engagement.
• Assisted in maximizing plan benefits and personalizing prescription choices.
• Manufacturer, ESI client, Hospital, and Physician office calls requiring a Pharmacists expertise.
• Applied knowledge of each states pharmacy and control substance laws in the performance of daily work function.
• Performed transfers to and from other retail and mail order pharmacies.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Promoted to coach and inspire a team of Pharmacist professionals to review Medicare Part D Prior Authorizations for a major health insurance provider.
• Managed and trained a staff of approximately 40 professionals expected to perform up to clients expectations.
• Monitored staff development, reviewed and reported performance and quality metrics.
• Performed scheduling, payroll, and coaching sessions to facilitate ideas to increase performance.
• During slower production periods worked as a Prior Authorization Pharmacist concentrating on Medicare Part D cases.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Promoted to provide specialized patient review and drug therapy recommendations to insurer’s eligible members for a leading provider of cutting edge Clinical Analytics and Medication Therapy Management services.
• Performed telephonic comprehensive medication reviews, and updated patient profiles with information gathered.
• Discussed any problems to optimize patient’s drug therapy and minimize the potential for adverse drug reactions.
• Recommended Guideline and HEDIS appropriate medications, and formulary alternatives when appropriate, to Doctors.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to enhance and develop the MedPro software.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Recruited to call on physician offices nationwide to discuss and resolve patient drug therapy problems (DTPs).
• Conducted calls with physician offices to discuss high-risk medications and gaps in care in order to encourage the physician, physician’s nurse, or primary prescriber to resolve the DTPS to improve patient health.
• Worked with prescribers to evaluate whether any of the high-risk medications identified are still appropriate for older patients, and offered formulary-approved safer alternatives for consideration.
• Utilized pharmacist experience with excellent computer, communication and persuasion skills to excel in position.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Recruited to provide monthly in-home patient consultations at 7 Nursing Homes in St. Louis and Southern Illinois.
• Conducted monthly medication regimen review of nursing home patients utilizing CMS guidelines, as well as professional standards of care; performed “in-services” with medical directors, nurses and doctors
• Documented findings in patient charts in a written report to Director of Nursing and Executive Director of each Home.
• Assisted the physician and nursing staff in setting therapeutic objectives for drug therapy and establishing parameters for monitoring the safety and efficacy of drug therapy.
• Communicated to nurses any possible problems associated with drug storage, administration, or documentation.
• Periodically reviewed medication carts and storage rooms to ensure proper drug storage, dating, and cleanliness.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Recruited to process prescription orders and dispense medications for delivery to area nursing home patients for a centrally located independently owned and operated, long-term care pharmacy.
• Supervised data entry, filling, and daily delivery of long-term care prescriptions in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and standards of practice to skilled nursing, independent living, assisted living.
• Utilized and maintained OPUS system and Card system for filling of LTC prescriptions, MAR system for facilities, and dual systems of DocuTrack and FrameworkLTC for prescription intake, checking, and all record keeping.
• Verified accuracy and appropriateness of all prescriptions, provided pharmacist consultation of patient medication therapy, and maintained proper documentation of client records.
• Ensured the highest level of patient care by individually handling each Nursing Homes’ unique requirements and needs.

Wheeling, Illinois

• Recruited to design and implement the largest disease management program in the U.S. for State of Illinois Medicaid.
• Collaborated with client and other team members of various disciplines, and served as a resource to meet common goals of improving patient outcomes and maximizing cost savings in the Southern Illinois territory.
• Provided comprehensive reviews on high cost/high risk Medicaid patients as a Consultant Pharmacist by claims data and self-reported data evaluating drug duplications, drug-disease interactions, drug-drug interactions.
• Worked collaboratively and independently as a Disease Management Pharmacist; telecommuted from St. Louis working with local nurses, doctors, behavioral health specialists, and others, working progressively due to.
• Conducted presentations, office visits, and telephone communications with Health Care Providers to discuss potential changes in patients’ medication therapy to improve healthcare status and meet program clinical metric.
• Performed extensive reviews of Long Term Care patients for pilot project that developed into an important initiative for the client with successful impact on the disease management program results.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Promoted to manage relationships, retain, and grow business with 20+ key pharmacy benefit clients.
• Worked collaboratively with the Account Management team and Clinical Program Managers to ensure positive client interactions and best outcomes through daily client contact via phone, email or in person.
• Developed and enhanced productive relationships with key client account personnel to understand needs and expectations, supporting client pharmacy benefit changes or claim process improvements under tight client.
• Served as Project Lead and assisted in various department projects through development, implementation, troubleshooting, and testing of the finished product for accuracy.
• Designated as department representative with other departmental leads in Value Assessment Committee (VAC) for ESI evaluation of new drug placements on the formulary.
• Led interaction with Utilization Management (UM) as department representative in development, creation, and implementation of new Prior Authorization and Step Therapies supporting entire client base of ESI.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Hired to process and ship online orders for specialty injectable pharmaceuticals.
• Provided oversight and quality assurance to a staff of Pharmacy Technicians handling consultation, verification, dispensing, packaging, and shipping of multiple injectable products with necessary supplies and at.
• Performed opening and closing duties for the Pharmacy; audited inventory and records to ensure accuracy monthly.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Recruited and promoted twice with Pharmacist responsibilities at several stores in the St. Louis market.
• Supervised, trained, and reviewed other Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to create a consistently positive customer experience; handled a variety of customer service issues face-to-face in store, and over the.
• Interpreted and processed prescriptions from health care providers proficiently, and provided quick and courteous customer service; respected for maintaining quality inventory control, cleanliness, and orderliness of.
• Counseled patients, advised customers on over-the-counter medication selection and use, assisted with daily pharmacy operations, maintained accurate records, and worked closely with healthcare professionals.
• Increased revenue by cultivating Physician relationships, encouraging use of services, and generating referrals.