Pharmacist

Karla L.M. Barnett, PharmD

Saint Charles, MO ****1 636-***-****

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Experienced clinical, consulting pharmacist with a background in both managed care and community pharmacy. Ability to provide oversight, direction, and decision making for a vast array of pharmacy services. Extremely detail oriented and highly committed to ensuring compliance with pharmacy laws and Medicare regulations as demonstrated in management of custom Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) Medicare Formularies. Highly skilled in building strong collaborative relationships with healthcare providers, patients, and colleagues. Effective communication skills with a strong perseverance to new challenges.

Key Skills

Pharmacy Clinical Consulting

Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee Support

Opioid Overutilization Monitoring

Patient Counseling

Retail Pharmacy Management

Immunization Administration

Medicare EGWP Formulary Management

Coverage Determination Audits

Medication Adherence Monitoring

Federal & State Pharmacy Law Compliance

Inventory Management

Diabetes Educator

Professional Experience

IPC/EvergreenRx; March 2015 - October 2017

Clinical Consulting Pharmacist; O’Fallon, Missouri

• Provided clinical expertise to Account Executives and their clients to support client-specific formulary requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, and Exchange lines of business.

• Collaborated with clients’ Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) dedicated pharmacists to review the weekly FDB/Medispan new drug releases to ensure appropriate formulary tier and utilization management (UM) in the addition of these new drugs to the clients’ current formularies.

• Maintained monthly and annual submissions to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

(CMS) via upload into the Health Plan Management System (HPMS) for custom Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) Medicare formularies.

• Conducted Medicare Coverage Determination Audits of prior authorizations, formulary exceptions, and formulary appeals for clients’ pharmacy claims.

• Supported clients’ quarterly Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee Meetings in various capacities.

• Collaborated with data analysts in the development of the company’s following reports: Opioid Overutilization, Prescription Adherence monitoring, and Large Case reports distributed to prescribers.

• Produced and distributed a monthly drug newsletter to clients that summarized the pharmacy updates within the previous month.

• Supported the company’s co-pay assistance program through identification of new brand specialty drugs with potential manufacturer assistance programs.

• Maintained IPC’s internal specialty drug list.

Karla Barnett

• Supported clients with quality measure initiatives related to Medicare Star Ratings, HEDIS Measures, Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Measures, and the National Quality Forum (NQF) Measures.

• Represented the company in the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) as an active member of Measure Development Team 14- Next Generation MTM Measure. Schnucks Pharmacy; October 2003 - February 2015

Pharmacy Manager; October 2007- February 2015; St. Charles, Missouri

• Managed retail pharmacy’s inventory, pharmacist and pharmacy technician scheduling, and ensured pharmacy compliance with all Federal and State laws.

• Prepared, dispensed, and counseled patients on prescription medications.

• Counseled patients on over-the-counter (OTC) products and assisted patients with selection of products.

• Performed provider outreach and collaboration with healthcare personnel.

• Administered immunizations to patients via physician standing protocol or prescription.

• Conducted Diabetes educational sessions through Schnucks’ Diabetes Program.

• Collaborated with non-profit health clinic to provide prescription benefits to uninsured patients.

• Precepted Community Clinical rotations of 6th year St. Louis College of Pharmacy students. Staff Pharmacist; November 2004 - October 2007; Cottleville, Missouri

• Prepared, dispensed, and counseled patients on the administration and side effects of prescription and over-the-counter medications.

• Performed prescriber outreach for clarification and verification of prescriptions.

• Administered immunizations to patients via physician standing protocol or prescriptions.

• Collaborated with Pharmacy Manager in inventory management.

• Conducted Schnucks’ Diabetes educational sessions.

• Precepted Community Clinical rotations of 6th year St. Louis College of Pharmacy students. Pharmacy Intern; October 2003 - November 2004; St. Charles, Missouri

• Performed data entry of prescriptions.

• Prepared and dispensed prescription medications under pharmacist supervision.

• Counseled patients on prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications under pharmacist supervision.

• Performed prescriber outreach and communication.

• Assisted with pharmacy inventory management.

Education

St. Louis College of Pharmacy; St. Louis, Missouri

• Doctor of Pharmacy, May 2005

St. Louis College of Pharmacy; St. Louis, Missouri

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, May 2004

University of Missouri- Saint Louis; St. Louis, Missouri

• Bachelor of Science in Biology, January 2001

City Colleges of Chicago; Friedberg, Germany

• Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, June 1995

Karla Barnett

Licensures and Certificates

• Pharmacist, Missouri; 2005-Present

• Pharmacist Minnesota; 2017-Present

• Pharmacist Medication Therapy Services (MTS) License, Missouri

• Fundamentals of Managed Care Pharmacy Certificate Program, Academy of Managed Care; 2017

• Adjunct Clinical Instructor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) preceptor; 2007-2017

• Adjunct Clinical Instructor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Safe Medication Use: Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) preceptor; 2010-2014

• The Pharmacist Patient-Centered Diabetes Care National Certificate Training Program, American Pharmacists Association; 2014

• Schnucks Pharmacy Diabetes Educator; 2006-2015

• Immunization Certification, American Pharmacists Association; 2006 Associations

• Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)

• Missouri Pharmacist Association (MPA)

• Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA)

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