Clinical Outcomes Analyst jobs in Michigan

The Internship Program at BCBSM is designed to enhance the skills and abilities of young professionals as well as to identify and attract future talent for our organization. Interns will gain practical hands-on work experience as well as a solid understanding of the health insurance industry. Our program is an excellent way for interns to get a good start on their careers by working on meaningful projects, learning valuable skills, and networking with employees throughout our organization, which could potentially allow interns to build a future career at BCBSM.
 

"Qualifications"

Department Summary / Preferences:

The BCBSM Pharmacy Services Clinical Intern - Emerging Therapies & Health Outcomes will have the opportunity to work

on a variety of projects relating to the practice of managed care pharmacy. Projects will include working on day-to-day

pharmacy benefit administration issues, clinical pharmacy operations, pharmacy communication, utilization management,

and regulatory issues. Projects and assignments support pipeline monitoring of drugs seeking FDA approval and

drug trends, outcomes research and quality measures related to antibiotics, COPD, asthma, diabetes, statin therapy,

medication adherence and opioids. The intern will also be involved in the development of educational and marketing

materials geared towards prescribers and patients on pharmacy hot topics. Participation in multidisciplinary

workgroups which may include behavioral health, case management and provider affairs will assist in developing a

comprehensive approach in disease management. The internship will allow the intern to apply the skills and knowledge

acquired from pharmacy school to a managed care pharmacy practice environment, while enhancing their therapeutic

knowledge, communication, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

- Analyze literature, guidelines and claims data for the pipeline of drugs seeking FDA approval

- Complete projects/assignments that are outcomes research focused, which may include assisting in the review of

articles being considered for publication, review of abstracts being considered for presentation at a national conference,

developing a research poster and serving as co-author

- Identify opportunities to collaborate with prescribers and members to improve health outcomes related to antibiotics,

COPD, asthma, diabetes, statin therapy, medication adherence and opioids

- Assist in developing clinical rationale for medication use policies and/or utilization management tools for a particular drug

or class of drugs

- Serve as a clinical liaison and develop educational and marketing materials geared towards prescribers and patients on pharmacy hot topics

- Analyze pharmacy claims to identify processing issues or patterns of utilization

- Research drug information questions

Required & Preferred Skills

Required

- Current 2nd year student in PharmD program at an accredited College of Pharmacy

- Strong pharmacy & therapeutics knowledge

- Strong analytical skills and interest in working with large datasets

- Interest in practicing pharmacy in a managed care environment

Preferred

- Previous work experience in a pharmacy practice setting is preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other grounds, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.