MaryAnn Steiner

• Provided consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects, and specified use with emphasis on infusion medications.
• Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings, providing valuable insights on patient-specific pharmaceutical care needs
• Served as a resource for inquiries related to specific insurance coverage policies for clinic administered medications to ensure patient coverage prior to administration
• Participated in formulary management, assisting in the selection of preferred medications based on cost effectiveness and safety, and availability
• Served as a clinical preceptor for pharmacy students, mentoring them during their clinical rotations and fostering professional growth.
• Assisted with the development of institution-specific order sets, guidelines, and protocols to standardize prescribing practices throughout the hospital system.

· Responsible for medication use policy analysis with focus on clinic- administered medications formulary management. Evaluated drug therapy to drive appropriate medicine use with specific focus on high-cost biologic therapies. Established relationships with provider owner specialists to develop cost-effective evidence-based policies

· Served as a preceptor for pharmacy students, mentoring them during their clinical rotations and fostering professional growth.

· Provided consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding medication use policies, prior authorization criteria, and clinical coverage of medications

· Reviewed prior authorization requests for prescription benefit medications and clinic administered medications ensuring appropriate criteria were met before approval or denial decisions are made

· Provided consultative review to appeals and grievance committee.