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Form of workLocation: Remote
About the Role:
The Associate Director, Access & Reimbursement, Radioligand Therapy (RLT) is a remote/field-based role that covers the following states but not limited to, Youngstown, PA, Pittsburgh, PA & Scranton, PA. The Associate must reside within territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 60 miles from territory border. Ability to travel and cover geography, at least 50% travel required.
The Associate Director, Access & Reimbursement (ADAR) is a field-based role that proactively provides in person (or virtual as needed) education to defined accounts within their assigned geographies on a wide range of access and reimbursement topics and needs (see below) in support of aligned product(s) strategy. ADARs primarily focus on accounts with increased process and workflow complexity, typically including centralized and decentralized systems of care, integrated delivery networks, academic medical institutions, large multi-provider specialty practices, and alternate sites of care.
ADARs will serve as the access and reimbursement lead in business-to-business conversations with account executives. The ADAR role is responsible for managing the pull-through of access and reimbursement strategy and downstream operations within their aligned accounts. ADARs are expected to have deep expertise in communicating requirements and addressing barriers associated with local payer policy coverage, multi-channel acquisition pathways, billing and coding (as needed), claims processing, reimbursement, and integration of manufacturer support programs into a range of account workflows. ADAR will continually need to demonstrate a keen ability to problem solve and manage multiple projects.
ADARs partner closely with other Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) field associates, including Customer Engagement (Sales) and Market Access, representing NPC with the highest integrity in accordance with NPC Values and Behaviors. ADARs will also be required to coordinate and communicate cross-functionally within NPC (e.g., Patient Support Center, Customer Engagement, Marketing, Market Access, Public Affairs, State & Government Affairs, Trade, Specialty Pharmacy Account Management, and other applicable third-party affiliates).
Key Responsibilities:
Interact with large, complex accounts to support patient access within their aligned therapeutic area product(s), proactively provide face-to-face education on programs to providers and staff in order to support integration of those products into office processes and workflows.
Address customer questions for issues related to NPC policies on therapeutic area products ordering, payment, inventorying, and product returns & replacement in offices.
Work with key members of therapeutic area offices (e.g., executives, providers, administrators, billing and coding staff, claims departments, revenue cycle managers) in order to appropriately support patient access to products.
Ability to analyze problems and offer solutions. Understand specifics and support questions associated with patient reimbursement and coordinate on reimbursement issues with third party payers at the provider-level. Analyze account re-imbursement issues & opportunities (as needed). Identifies trends at a local, regional and national level and partner with purpose internally and externally to support patient pull-through.
Supports pull through on local coverage decisions to enable meaningful patient access within the system. Proactively communicate policy changes or issues that could potentially affect other departments.
Accountable for informing customers on NVS-sponsored patient support programs to enable patients starting and staying on therapy (i.e., Co-pay).
Maintain expertise in regional and local access landscape, anticipating changes in the healthcare landscape, and act as their aligned therapeutic area product(s) reimbursement expert (as needed).
Collaborate with aligned cross-functional associates within NPC (see above) to share insights on customer needs and barriers for their aligned therapeutic area product(s) related to access and reimbursement; Interface with Patient Sup-port Center (hub) and Access & Reimbursement Managers on important matters related to patient case management, including tracking cases, issue resolution, reimbursement support, and appropriate office staff education.
Maintain a deep understanding of NPC policies and requirements and perform all responsibilities with integrity and in a manner consistent with company guidance and prescribed Values and Behaviors. Handle Patient Identifiable Information (PII) appropriately (understand and ensure compliance with HIPPA and other privacy laws and regulations and in-ternal Company compliance guidelines).
Buy and Bill Specific
Assess access situation within the assigned geography and develop appropriate Plan of Action (POA). Communicate POA to appropriate personnel.
Responsible for establishing preferred acquisition pathways. Educate on and support buy-and-bill end-to-end processes, workflows, and facility pull-through in complex accounts, including scenarios of centralized and decentralized acquisition, and use of alternative channels such as white bagging, clear bagging, brown bagging, and alternate site of care for administration.
Educates relevant stakeholders on logistics related to ordering, payment, inventory, and product returns & replacement.
Analyze reimbursement issues & opportunities, anticipating changes in the healthcare landscape, and act as the designated reimbursement expert for offices and field teams.
Accountable for engagement with non-prescribers, for example pharmacy, system leadership, financial counselors, office administrators, revenue cycle managers, etc.
Radioligand Therapies Specific
The ADAR will be a critical partner to the Novartis Patient Support (NPS) customer engagement team on supply capacity, site procurement eligibility, as well as a customer facing resource for communications on orders and logistics.
Understand RLT key priorities in core disease areas, financial goals, and site initiatives to influence overall account and regional business strategies.
Assess and understand site and/or other appropriate organizations' level of readiness for procurement of nuclear medicines and billing to facilitate orders for products and so that they can engage and educate on procurement systems and processes, access, and reimbursement. Be able to understand where gaps in procurement exist and work with Cross-Functional partners to resolve.
Partner with the customer engagement teams to assist the communication and facilitation of procurement and logistics with both the site and the local field teams. (e.g., procurement, logistics processes and timing) as well as patient-specific support (benefit verification, PA and appeals and copay programs)
Major accountabilities apply to therapy, diagnostic and theragnostic treatment centers.
The individual hired for this role will be required to successfully complete certain initial training, including home study, in eight (8) or fewer hours per day and forty (40) or fewer hours per week.
