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Pharmacy Trade Relations and Medication Access Manager - Remote

Baptist Health System KY & IN

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy required
  • Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing
  • Three years of ambulatory pharmacy or pharmaceutical industry experience
  • Familiarity with URAC and ACHC accreditation standards

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers and representatives
  • Coordinate manufacturer business reviews and strategic planning meetings
  • Oversee medication access workflows including benefits investigation and prior authorization
  • Monitor access-related performance metrics and escalate complex access issues

About the company

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Baptist Health System KY & IN

Hospitals & Health Care

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHospitals & Health Care
Company size10001

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Job description

Summary

The Trade Relations & Medication Access Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining strategic relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers, specialty pharmacy networks, wholesalers, patient support programs, and other external stakeholders while overseeing medication access initiatives that ensure timely patient access to specialty therapies. This position serves as a key liaison between the health system's specialty pharmacy, ambulatory clinics, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and patient support organizations to optimize specialty pharmacy performance, expand access to limited distribution medications, improve patient outcomes, and support organizational growth objectives.​

Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for a Trade Relations & Medication Access Manager to join our Pharmacy team! This is a remote position for residents of KY and IN.

  • Develop and maintain relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers and manufacturer representatives.
  • Identify and pursue opportunities for inclusion in limited distribution drug (LDD) networks.
  • Coordinate manufacturer business reviews and strategic planning meetings.
  • Monitor manufacturer network requirements and performance expectations.
  • Collaborate with specialty pharmacy leadership on manufacturer contracting opportunities.
  • Support onboarding and implementation of new specialty drug programs.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for manufacturer-sponsored initiatives and patient support programs.
  • Evaluate opportunities to expand specialty pharmacy services and therapeutic offerings.
  • Collaborate with clinic leadership to improve internal referral pathways.
  • Identify barriers to retaining specialty prescriptions within the health system.
  • Support accreditation-related manufacturer requirements.
  • Oversee medication access workflows including:
    • Benefits investigation
    • Prior authorization
    • Appeals
    • Financial assistance
    • Patient assistance programs
  • Develop strategies to reduce therapy initiation delays.
  • Monitor access-related performance metrics.
  • Escalate complex access issues with payers, manufacturers, and providers.
  • Coordinate participation in manufacturer HUB programs.
  • Manage relationships with patient support program representatives.
  • Track available financial assistance resources and foundation grants.
  • Monitor specialty pharmacy business performance indicators.
  • Analyze referral leakage and capture rates.
  • Track LDD access opportunities and manufacturer engagement outcomes.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy required.
  • MBA, MHA or related advanced degree preferred.

  • Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing.

  • Three years of ambulatory pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry, medication access, managed care, or healthcare operations experience.

  • Experience working with specialty medications and manufacturer programs.

  • Specialty pharmacy experience within a health system.
  • Experience with manufacturer contracting or trade relations.
  • Familiarity with URAC and ACHC accreditation standards.
  • Knowledge of specialty pharmacy economics, payer contracting, and limited distribution networks.

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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