Regional Associate Director, Access & Reimbursement CV - Pacific

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The Regional Associate Director, Access & Reimbursement (RADAR) 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. RADARs 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.

RADARs will serve as the patient access and reimbursement lead in business-to-business conversations with account executives. The RADAR role is responsible for managing the pull-through of access and reimbursement strategy and downstream operations within their aligned accounts. RADARs 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 education (as needed), claims processing, reimbursement, and integration of manufacturer support programs into a range of account workflows. RADAR will continually need to demonstrate a keen ability to problem solve and manage multiple projects.

RADARs 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. RADARs 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).

Job Description

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 staffin order tosupport integration of those products into office processes and workflows.
• Work with key members of therapeutic area offices (e.g., executives, providers, administrators, billing and coding staff, claims departments, revenue cycle managers)in order toappropriately support patient access to products.
• Ability to analyze problems and offer solutions. Understand specifics and support questions associated with patient reimbursement and provide support on reimbursement issues with third party payers at the provider-level. Analyze account reimbursement issues (as needed).
• Supports pullthrough onlocal coverage decisions to enable meaningful patient access within the system.Proactively communicate policy changes or issues that could potentially affect other departments.
• Maintainexpertisein regional and local access landscape,anticipatingchanges in the healthcare landscape, and act as their aligned therapeutic area product(s) reimbursement expert (as needed).
• Interface with Patient Support Center (hub) and Access & Reimbursement Managers on important matters related to patient case management, including tracking cases, issue resolution, reimbursement support, andappropriate officestaff education.
• 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.
• Responsible for educating HCPs using approved materialsregardingacquisition pathways for Novartis products. Educate on 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.