Utilization Review Patient Care

Shruti Patel

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SUMMARY: Highly skilled pharmacist with 25+ years of experience in retail, long-term care, independent pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management, and specialty pharmacy settings. Licensed to practice in ten states: Alabama, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Oregon, and Texas. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Favor (formerly The Pill Club) – Staff Pharmacist; Irving, TX Oct 2018 – Present

• Collaborated with a team of 12 pharmacists that streamlined a workflow to increase the productivity and efficiency and scaled the delivery of contraceptives to up to 10,000 patients a week

• Performed all the activities related to data review of about 500 prescriptions a day, and offered online or telephone patient consultations on contraceptive wellness throughout the day

• Consulted with prescribers and nurses in a professional manner regarding pharmaceutical questions in order to optimize patient care.

• Identified and documented medication errors, and handled the quality assurance part of it

• Performed Drug Utilization review (DUR) to prevent adverse reactions and Therapeutic duplications

• Complied with all applicable federal and state laws with highest ethical standards

• Contributed to a positive and supportive work culture Davita Rx – Staff Pharmacist; Coppell, TX Feb 2012 – Sep 2018

• Screen patient profiles using professional knowledge and experience, suggest alternatives and recommend courses of therapy which would best benefit the patient by working closely with the prescribers and their teams.

• Perform drug utilization review (DUR) for prescriptions for ESRD patients.

• Worked on retro DUR projects for ESRD patients.

• Worked in the EPO Depot team to dispense Epogen and other injectables, perform DUR and ensure timely delivery of to ESRD patients.

• Worked in the MTM team, working closely with the physicians and patients to make sure that patients adhere to their prescribed regimen and resolve any kind of issues they face in regards to their compliance of medication therapy.

• Transcribe oral telephone prescription orders

• Provide patient counseling

• Resolve different kinds of clinical issues to improve the clinical outcome of patient’s therapy

• Assist Doctor Call team with urgent patient/prescriber outreach

• Perform therapeutic interchanges/Prior authorization on prescription orders

• Assist with urgent escalation matters and worked on aged orders resolving the issues to ensure the timely delivery of the prescription medications.

• Currently serving the P3C (Professional Pharmacy Practice) Committee which is responsible for making SOP’s and protocols for clinical operations

QVL Pharmacy – Pharmacist-in-Charge; Grand Prairie, TX 2005 – 2007

● Hiring/scheduling/trained employees

● Started the compounding division from scratch and established it to be the most profit making business of the pharmacy

● Compounded creams, ointments, suppositories and capsules.

● Developed and managed pharmacy budget

● Performed drug utilization review for all screened prescriptions

● Transcribed oral telephone prescription orders

● Filled medication orders and attached auxiliary labels

● Provided patient counseling

● Interacted daily at different levels with all members of health care profession.

● Resolved different kinds of patient care issues

CVS Pharmacy – Relief Pharmacist; Multiple Locations 1997 – 2005

● Screened scanned images of hard copy prescriptions

● Performed drug utilization review for all screened prescriptions

● Transcribed oral telephone prescription orders

● Filled medication orders and attached auxiliary labels

● Provided patient counseling

● Provided immunization to the patients

EDUCATION

A.R. College of Pharmacy, Gujarati, India 1991

Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy

Licensed Pharmacist in Alabama 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Kansas 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Kentucky 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Louisiana 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Michigan 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Mississippi 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Oregon 2021 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Texas 1997 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in California 1997 – Present

Licensed Pharmacist in Nevada 1997 – Present

CERTIFICATIONS

● Comprehensive Compounding Certificate (National Association of Compounding Pharmacists)

● Diabetes Disease State Management Workshop (University of Texas at Austin)

● National IV Training Certificate (Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education)

● Pharmacist Preceptor (Texas State Board of Pharmacy)

● Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate (American Pharmacists Association)

● Powerpak Medication Therapy Management (Power Pak) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi & Gujarati

Work Eligibility: Eligible to work in the U.S. with no restrictions

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