Khusbu Varma Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Pharmacy Benefit Research and Analytics company used to analyze costs, optimize formularies, and enhance member experiences for clients. Member First, a start-up program, partners with insurers to identify and manage.
• Operationalize a health tech platform to capture meaningful data for clients
• Conduct patient care telehealth visits for clients’ high risk and geriatric patients to improve disease outcomes of high utilizers
• Provide clinical decision and business strategy consulting services to clients related to the pharmacy formulary
• Create guidance, protocols, and recommendations for health plans to manage cost, access, and quality
• Develop and improve business planning and technology integration of medication use data for Member First

• Educated University students through didactic and site-based learning in order to develop strategic thinking, clinical skills, leadership, and advocacy within healthcare.
• Educated students and providers through didactic and clinical site based learning, by creating educational content and a platform for active learning
• Designed research projects related to chronic disease state management, interprofessional education, and clinical speciality
• Led multiple department and college committees for academic excellence
• Writer, speaker, and peer reviewer of national presentations and manuscripts

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Established ambulatory care practice within a family medicine practice by leveraging key stakeholders and developing a business plan to integrate pharmacists within ambulatory care.
• Conducted longitudinal clinic and telehealth visits and managed chronic diseases with providers through prescribing cost-effective medications using Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs) at NewYork-Presbyterian.
• Collaborated with providers on disease state management to optimize metrics such as HEDIS measures
• Designed key success metrics on medication adherence for clinical services
• Supported the expansion of ambulatory care clinical pharmacy within the health-system by serving as a case study and pilot program for CPAs allowing pharmacy leaders to reposition and expand ambulatory care services
• Teacher of the year, Columbia University, Center for Family and Community Medicine in 2017