Clinical liaison for Colorado Medicaid program. Manages overall client clinical relationship & benefit. Development of clinical management products and services, addressing the impact on customers, operations, program integrity, pricing, quality and satisfaction. Develops and tracks the appropriate metrics to monitor the quality and care cost impact of the Colorado Medicaid PDL.Coordinator of Bi-weekly Clinical Update for all SGS Clinical Staff - Provide FDA/CMS, Internal Company and relevant headlines and coverage updates. Provide quarterly access to Fraud, Waste & Abuse topics as well as facilitate clinical and policy collaboration across all SGS clients.Past Deputy editor of the Monthly Clinical Update. Clinical contributor to monthly publication for distribution to internal and external stakeholders.

Advocate for Managed Care Pharmacy directly to current Student Pharmacists and Alumni/ae Enhance opportunities, experiences and information offered to AMCP student pharmacist members

Committee Mission:  To define and evaluate the practices of managed care pharmacy and to develop practice advisories and other resources specific to those practices consistent with the mission of AMCP.

Clinical liaison for Colorado Medicaid program. Manages overall client clinical relationship & benefit. Development of clinical management products and services, addressing the impact on customers, operations, program integrity, pricing, quality and satisfaction. Develops and tracks the appropriate metrics to monitor the quality and care cost impact of the Colorado Medicaid PDL.Deputy editor of the Monthly Clinical Update. Clinical contributor to monthly publication for distribution to internal and external stakeholders.Administrator for Drug Availability Surveillance (DAS) Team. DAS supports our Government programs by researching critical drug product shortages to help inform PDL decisions and respond to flux in market availability.

Monitoring and adjustment of appropriate dosing and intravenous to oral interchange based on laboratory values and pharmacy and therapeutics recommendations. Preparation of sterile, intravenous products including chemotherapy and patient-controlled analgesia.Stocking and verification of orders for 192-bed inpatient facility and 26 on- and off-site care centers.Working experience with Pyxis/ES and Meditech systems. Assisted with Meditech-based CPOE implementation hospital-wide.Successful presentation to P&T and implementation of Vancomycin dose-monitoring protocol.Initiated a pharmacist-led 3rd shift employee flu immunization program (outside of employee health operational hours).Active participant in interdepartmental safety team.

Pharmacy Management Consultant: provided both clinical and operational support for the NYS EPIC program, including creation and presentation of in-house training programs Magellan Health Services provided for NYS EPIC operational and clerical staff and external stakeholders.Regular duties included claims verification and restricted medication/high cost claim review. Cost containment, recovery and training with Medicare Part D plans to rectify incorrect reimbursement. Assisted in development, implementation, maintenance and enhancement of new/existing products and clinical criteria.Provided support for participant and provider help-line staff regarding drug coverage criteria, Medicare D coverage and assisting with compound medication claim billing.Prepared and presented utilization reports to NYS DOH, including annual, monthly, quarterly and adhocs as required by NYS DOH. Daily direct communication with NYS DOH and external stakeholders and payors.

•Supervising Pharmacist•Floating/Per-Diem PharmacistLed a 12-member team, including a staff of rotating, per-diem pharmacists in a high-volume, inner-city pharmacy. Met reduced payroll goals, by employing strategic workforce reduction and efficient skills-based scheduling, while maintaining emphasis on professionalism. This was accomplished in the first 3 months, a benchmark that had not been reached in the previous 5 years.Assisted patients in determining insurance status, and introducing them to appropriate coverage options, including state and manufacturer-sponsored plans, coupons and discount programs. Maximized treatment benefit through pharmacist-initiated communication with medical offices and patients. Utilized therapy-interchange interventions for cost savings and increased effectiveness to patients and pharmacy business. Provided services tailored to the individual including self-initiated inter-site medication stock transfers and after-hours delivery.Transitioned to a per-diem role traveling to locations as far as 90+ minutes from my residence. Requested at 'difficult' stores to assist with workflow and inventory challenges.

Participated in existing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quality improvement initiatives including warfarin, hospice and care transitions initiatives.Research including a JAPhA-published article on Retail Generic Prescription Drug Programs.Czechowski JL, Tjia J, Triller DM. Deeply discounted medications: Implications of generic prescription drug wars. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2010;50(6):752-7.

Assessment, lab value monitoring, and work-up of new and existing patients in established pain management clinic. Contributed treatment regimen initiation and modification recommendations.

Burn/Trauma Intensive Care UnitDeveloped in-depth case plans for traumatic brain injury and extensive-area burn patients including daily sedation monitoring and management. Attended burn-trauma grand rounds, morbidity and mortality meetings, as well as daily department rounds.Clinical InpatientParticipated in general medication rounds, pharmacokinetics and therapeutic drug monitoring. Experienced longer tours in critical care, pediatrics, oncology and compounding. Exposed to a swing-shift, rotational schedule.

Assisted with policy editing and writing as well as researching and authoring clinical provider responses. Participated in clinical and operational team planning, meetings with pharmaceutical manufacturer representatives, in addition to employer and medical group plan structuring.Reviewed specialty pharmacy and oncology medication approval process.

Pharmacy Intern, Pharmacy Technician, Department Manager, Night Operations Manager, Assistant Store ManagerStarting from a Cashier/Customer Service associate, I powered my way in to every position available at store level.After acceptance to a Management training program in my Junior and Senior years of High School, I was accepted into Wegmans' Summer Management Internship program for 3 consecutive summers, culminating in an Overnight Operations Manager and (apprentice) Assistant Store Manager positions, responsible for whole store operations, at the location with the most sales per square foot in the chain (at the time).

Rotating "on-duty" schedule, 24/7 emergency on-call, building monitoring, checking-in visitors, assisting in cases of emergency and resident program planning and facilitating.