Joaquin Castillo Arana Email & Phone Number

California, United States

South San Francisco, California, US

• Manage contracting, operations, and compliance for Limited Distribution Indirect Sales
• Oversee management of ~500 accounts for pharmacy evaluation, contracting, and compliance
• Developed and delivered overhaul of indirect distribution sales channel including;
• Data validation and management
• Design and implementation of systems to manage data and work flow
• Creating, codifying, and implementing standardized, efficient and compliant processes

South San Francisco, California, US

• Strategize, draft, negotiate and execute contracts for national payors, specialty pharmacies and pharmacy benefit manager accounts
• Lead a team of internal stakeholders for Pricing, Strategy, Government Reporting, Fair Market Value, Analytics, Compliance, US Drug Safety and Legal to drive the delivery of national commercial and Medicare contracts
• Draft, negotiate and implement corporate pharmaceutical agreements for reporting, distribution, bonafide service fees, formulary rebates and other contracted price concessions as well as unilateral and bilateral.
• Develop, strategize, and collaborate on RFP bid submissions with an array of internal stakeholders
• Oversee the adherence to government fair market value compliance while executing organizational and brand strategy in a diverse and evolving industry
• Contract Manager liaison for Agiloft based Contract Management System

San Francisco, CA, US

• Manage and execute professional fee agreements for Individual Deals with non-contracted payors
• Lead clinic and department contract education and process improvement
• Negotiate non-contracted payer terms and reimbursement rates
• Process improvement of Facility, Transplant and Professional Fee Individual Deals
• Reimbursement rate analysis of contracted health plans
• Utilization analysis of payor volume and procedures

San Francisco, California, US

• Manage the Medical Staff Credentialing process for the UCSF Departments of Surgery, Neurosurgery,
• OB/GYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology and Urology
• Ensuring all initial and reapointments for high profile and high priority departments meet regulatory requirements for practicing healthcare in the state of California
• Maintaining a high standard for provider enrollment that meets audit standards for health plans and regulator agencies.
• Manage and participate in-person and electronic audits of delegated commercial health plan contracts which ensure compliance with NCQA standards.
• Prepare agenda, minutes and flag reports for the monthly UCSF Credentials Committee, to review incumbent appointments and reappointments.

San Francisco, California, US

• Manage Operational workflow and data integration, system implementation, database management and report generation for over 2,000 health care providers and their enrollment in all UCSF contracted health plans.
• Privileging of Advanced Healthcare Practitioners for technical/hospital based services and billing in accordance with UCSF and government regulatory statutes.
• Managing health plan, state and federal credentialing audits of the UCSF medical staff
• Work in tandem with billing agents, clinical department leadership, contracting and IT to manage credentialing specific claims adjudication.
• Lead managed care team and coordinate departmental integration of privileging and managed care divisions of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Medical Group.

• Researching topical demographically pertinent stories and news for the LGBT Community
• Coordinating camera crew, press access, security clearances for entire crew and creating story boards for on air television segments
• Scripting, voice overs, editing and final submission of segments
• Credentialed media access secured through the city and county of San Francisco

• Media/analyst outreach
• Client communications
• PR plans drafting
• Client reporting (press coverage, pr plan updates, timeline targets, messaging updates)

St. Louis, MO, US

• Draft press releases
• Schedule client meetings
• Draft client communications
• Work with PR teams for client deliverables

New York, NY, US

• Public and Media relations internship for the station, talent and shows of ZDTV including;
• Press kit production
• Press release drafting
• Show promotions

Masters Of Public Administration, Health Services Administration

Ba, Communication Studies