CHRISTOPHER WEIHLER, PHARMD

Charlestown Indiana *7111

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PROFILE

Patient-centered pharmacist with experience delivering pharmaceutical services to patients with a wide range of medical needs and conditions. Skilled communicator with the proven ability to interface with patients, healthcare professionals, third-party payers, and insurance providers to ensure safety, cost-effectiveness, and best therapeutic outcomes. Can adapt to various pharmacy workflows while providing the highest service and delivery standards. Member of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists since 2017.

CORE COMPETENCIES

●Quality Assurance

●Targeted Clinical Interventions

●Patient Counseling and Education

●Drug Utilization Reviews (DURs)

●Prior Authorizations

●Inventory Management

●Regulatory Compliance

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

PHARMACY EXPERIENCE

Walgreens Pharmacy, Charlestown, Indiana

Pharmacy Manager 2021-2022

Daily Correspondence with store management and corporate office.

Promoted community health in advancing vaccination rates in Clark County, Indiana.

Oversaw a pharmacy buyout from a local competitor and facilitated a 25% growth in prescription volume. Conducted control substance inventories. Daily product ordering of legend and controlled substances.

CVS Pharmacy, Crawfordsville, Mooresville, and Bloomington, IN. 2017-2021

Overnight Pharmacist

●Oversaw all pharmacy functions from 8AM to 8PM to support pharmacy workflow and ensure optimum client service across various locations; provided cross-training and development of recently hired technicians.

●Fulfilled all compounded prescriptions upon patient demand and filled up to 300 prescriptions overnight independently.

●Verified medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness, and assisted with third-party insurance billing.

●Validated all pharmacy records that were compliant with company policy and Indiana law.

●Counseled patients on prescriptions, drug alternatives, and over-the-counter medications to prevent adverse effects, duplications, and drug interactions.

●Maintained accurate inventory and medication selection in ScriptPro Automation Dispensing machine.

●Facilitated a rotation schedule of products as narcotic inventory specialist.

●Provided pharmacy recommendations for formulary and therapeutic interchanges for cost-effective care.

●Assessed patients' immunization history, recommended vaccinations based on appropriateness, and administered vaccines.

Optum Rx, Indianapolis, IN. 2017-2018

Clinical Pharmacist with expertise in Prior Authorization

●Supervised 12 prior authorization technicians to receive and process prior authorization requests

●Processed 75 prior authorization per week

●Determined prior authorization outcomes based on clinical criteria and financial impact.

●Coordinated with doctors and nurses to map optimal therapy path and drive utilization toward client criteria in responses to questions or concerns about Medicaid coverage determinations.

●Provided formulary information in responding to escalated prescriber and client inquiries regarding prior authorization procedures and critical evaluation.

●Worked with pre-approval process of filling prescribed medication orders to ensure proper insurance coverage and drug efficacy.

Walgreens Pharmacy 2002 – 2017

Overnight Pharmacist, Mooresville, IN 2004 – 2017

●Chartered successful course of overnight pharmacy operations from 10PM to 8AM to ensure operational excellence.

●Filled between 150 and 200 prescriptions overnight independently.

●Prepared specialty compounded medications, creams, and suspensions.

●Crafted special order and specialty pediatric suspensions for oral administration inclusive of Prevacid, Omeprazole, Baclofen, Captopril, Zonegran, and Detrol.

●Provided customer consultation on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues.

●Administered vaccinations and maintained legend and controlled substance inventory level with precision.

Staff Pharmacist, Las Vegas, NV 2002 –2004

●Headed medication disbursement and controlled substance recordkeeping in compliance with state and federal regulations.

●Cultivated and directed team of three pharmacy technicians to ensure accuracy of pharmacy interactions with 250 daily orders.

●Provided oversight to prescriptions, inventory control, and patient counseling in both English and Spanish.

●Provided culture leadership support, driving department productivity through high morale.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Pharmacist License # 26021583A, State of Indiana

Pharmacist License #15774, State of Nevada

Immunization Program, AphA

Basic Life Support, National CPR Foundation

EDUCATION

Doctor of Pharmacy, Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN 2002

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Kirby Lester Script Pro, Yuyama

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