Sarah Arroyo

Nashville, TN adevfs@r.postjobfree.com 615-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-arroyo-rph

Pharmacist

Experienced Pharmacist with more than 10 years of successful practice serving patients and healthcare providers in the delivery of pharmaceuticals and healthcare services across a diverse number settings including hospitals and clinics, specialty ambulatory infusion suites, long-term care, relief, remote and retail operations. Veteran of the US Public Health Service.

Key Strengths and Competencies

• Medication Therapy Management • Veteran PHS IHS

• Online Billing • Immunization Certified

• HMO Hospice Billing • Drug Utilization Review

• Inventory Control and Budgeting • Remote Order Entry

• Automated Dispensing Technology • Order Verification

• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring • Long Term Care

• TPN Compounding • Formulary Development and Management

• Medication Compounding • J Code and other specialty billing codes

• Continuous Quality Improvement CQI • Patient Consulting and Recommendations

• Pharmacokinetic and Anticoagulation calculations • Medicaid and Medicare Part C and Part D Billing

• Pharmacy Benefit Management • Oncology Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant and Relief Pharmacist Nashville, TN

SEA Pharmacy Consulting Oct 2019 – Present

Providing Relief Pharmacist staffing to independent pharmacies in the Middle Tennessee Region.

I am a former Territory Manager for Asereth Medical Services and can provide services across a broad nature of pharmacy services including retail, inpatient and outpatient Clinical, Infusion and Specialty Drugs and MTM.

Provides private Medication Therapy Management Reviews in a private practice.

Clinical Pharmacist Fort Campbell, KY

Ghost Rx – assigned to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital June 2019 to Sept 2019

Served as an independent practitioner in the primary care setting requiring the highest level of pharmacist clinical privileges.

Provided Pharmacotherapy management and drug information services to other clinicians.

Assists in the management of the pharmacy at Campbell Aviation Medical Home, including inventory and controlled substance control

Medicare Coverage Determination Pharmacist Nashville, TN

UST-Global – assigned to Cigna HealthSpring July 2018 to February 2019

Preformed prospective and retrospective Medicare coverage reviews and appeals per State and Federal regulations.

Responded to prescriber, pharmacy provider, member appeals, grievances and complaints related to the provision of pharmaceutical services covered by Medicare within established time periods.

Built and maintained decision trees in the prior authorization system.

Maintained denial rationale associated with clinical criteria

Ensured that decision letters met Medicare’s regulatory compliance protocols.

Sarah Arroyo

Nashville, TN adevfs@r.postjobfree.com 615-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-arroyo-rph

Hospital Pharmacist Nashville, TN

Soliant Health – assigned to Hardin Medical Center and Nursing Home, Savannah, TN April 2018 to July 2018

Transcribe medication orders from approved treatment plans and send for processing.

Verifying Nursing Home orders with a 7 day Cart Exchange system.

Served as an authoritative information source on drugs and their utilization in therapy, with special emphasis on medications used in treatment of the assigned patients.

Monitoring Chemotherapy at the Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center.

Clinical Infusion Pharmacist Nashville, TN

CORAM CVS SPECIALTY INFUSION SERVICES Aug 2015 to Jan 2018

Served as a physician extender to manage patients receiving Specialty Infusion Drugs; Also served as an independent practitioner with maximal prescribing privileges and autonomy under an approved scope of practice.

Designs a therapeutic regimen or plan, based on patient-specific information that includes establishing a therapeutic endpoint, electing an appropriate drug and related therapy, and establishing an appropriate dosage regimen.

Evaluates the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and methodology, in order to compare and contrast therapeutic regimens and roles for new drugs, with a special emphasis in medications used in referred patients.

Improved Clinical Workflow by implementing a Checklist Summary Form. This decreased order turnaround times by 50%.

Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Pharmacist Nashville, TN

PharmMD Oct 2014 to Aug 2015

Optimized patient’s drug therapy by preforming Medication Therapy Management calls to discuss any Drug Therapy Problems and to minimize the potential for adverse drug reactions.

Established and expanded the patient data base through interpreting the drug history, medical history and ongoing patient specific monitoring of therapy, with documentation in the formal patient medical record.

Senior Software Consultant, Pharmacy Implementation Specialist Nashville, TN

Xerox July 2013 to July 2014

Trained Super-users on the Healthland Centriq Pharmacy Module.

Supported build activities, served as a resource, monitored build progress and created training documents setting out key issues associated with the build.

oThe build included entering the complete Facility Formulary, created custom IV models and compounds and updated the Pricing Formulas.

Served as an authoritative information source on drugs and their utilization in therapy, with special emphasis on medications used in treatment of hospitalized patients.

Developed customized training / tip sheets (FAQs) for clients to handle specific issues.

Sarah Arroyo

Nashville, TN adevfs@r.postjobfree.com 615-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-arroyo-rph

Education & Professional Development

Master of Science, Hospital Pharmacy Administration, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York

5 YR Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York

BLS for Healthcare Providers (Basic Life Support)

American Pharmacists Association Immunization Certification

Awards and Recognition

Public Health Service Achievement Medal for sustained superior performance as Chief Pharmacist, Kayenta Health Center

Public Health Service Isolated & Hazardous Duty Award

Public Health Service Citation for excellence in my duties as Quality Control Officer, conducting patient satisfaction surveys and improving clinic workflow.

Public Health Service Unit Commendation for excellence in dealing with the Hantavirus Outbreak

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