Field Reimbursement Specialist

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Interested candidates must live within a reasonable commuting distance of a major airport in the listed location and be able to travel up to 80% within a territory that includes but may not be limited to New York City, NY;
Brooklyn, NY;
Queens, NY; and Long Island, NY.

Field Reimbursement Specialists provide field support for patient access to client‑specified products through interaction with the client’s patient support program and provider customers. They use their expertise to resolve complex patient access and provider reimbursement issues and provide educational services across a variety of healthcare provider sites of care.

FRSs work directly with the provider and their office support staff and frequently interact with other reimbursement and patient support services provided by clients.

Play a vital role in helping patients gain access to life‑changing therapies—from oral medications to biosimilars to critical cancer treatments. Our associates, with their passion for patients, represent these therapies by providing education, coverage, and access solutions to healthcare personnel.

FRSs will plan and engage with customers, leveraging client‑approved resources, to educate on access and reimbursement topics relevant to the assigned client’s product. The FRS will manage daily activities that support appropriate patient access to client products in provider offices and act as a liaison to other patient assistance and reimbursement support services offered by our clients.

Our teams travel weekly, which could include overnight stays, to healthcare offices within a designated territory, using their knowledge of coverage, patient assistance, and health policy to educate office staff and break through access issues to help patients.

• Educate provider office staff and practice managers on logistics needed to support client products, including infrastructure needed for in‑office administration such as buy and bill, monitoring of product, and important coverage and payer policy changes within assigned territories.
• Educate provider office staff on the payer’s coverage management strategies for product, including coding, billing, formulary, prior authorization, and appeal processes.
• Probe to understand office processes and discern root causes of access or reimbursement issues.
• Deliver interactive educational presentations at various provider sites of service.
• Provide information on relevant reimbursement topics related to the client’s products, based on client approval.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Conduct field‑based reimbursement and access support, education, and consultation to key account customers and cross‑functional partners.
• Understand the dynamics of Specialty Pharmacy vs. Specialty Distribution.
• Broad understanding of the physician buy‑and‑bill model vs. assignment of benefits to alternate sites of care.
• Experience in revenue cycle, buy and bill (including billing with miscellaneous J‑code), formulary, benefit investigations, prior authorization, coding, and appeals processes.
• Deep understanding of medical and pharmacy benefits/policies.
• Live within a reasonable commuting distance of a major airport in the listed location and be able to travel within a territory that includes but may not be limited to New York City, NY;
  Brooklyn, NY;
  Queens, NY; and Long Island, NY.

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree or specific Practice Management experience preferred.
• Project management skills.
• Experience with extensive travel.
• Hold a Prior Authorization Certification Specialist (PACS) credential from an industry‑approved licensing body, or obtain certification within the first six months of employment.