Pharmacy Account Specialist

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

No

Job Summary:

Enters, uploads and reconciles pharmacy invoice information for accurate and timely recording and payment of all pharmacy accounts payable activity. Provides administrative support for all pharmacy contracting, licensing and regulatory filings.

Job Duties:

• Confirms electronic data interchange (EDI) invoices received in the medication inventory system and also enters non-EDI invoices to be matched against purchase orders into the medication inventory system ensuring detailed accuracy regarding purchased quantity, units, and price.
• Identifies received vs. invoiced quantity discrepancies and collaborates with the Pharmacy Buying team to resolve any RNI/INR issues which includes review of open vendor statements on at least a weekly basis.
• Uploads and provides documentation for other pharmacy related invoices into electronic account payable system ensuring appropriate documentation, approval, and general ledger coding.
• Researches invoice questions or discrepancies as requested to assist with payment, billing or account related issues.
• Reconciles any credits and rebills received from our pharmacy wholesaler or other pharmaceutical vendors.  After obtaining credits and rebills, works to match to the appropriate medication purchase order.  
• Works with the Pharmacy Strategic Sourcing Team and the Pharmacy Buying team to ensure credits and rebills are filed for appropriately.  
• Responds to vendor inquiries in regards to late payments and works with appropriate internal teams to provide payment as appropriate.
• Provides support for timely and accurate filing, maintenance, and submission of contracts, regulatory documents, credentialing, and pharmacy licensing.
• Provides support to other team members as needed.    

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Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.​

*Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years).

Position Details:

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 4 years-Relevant experience* (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills:

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.  We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.