Matthew Zarse PharmD

This position allows for the management of complex patient care in the psychiatric clinic directly with their providers. specialty pharmacist maintains optimal patient outcomes through benefits investigations, therapy management and create new strategies for adherence.

• Coordinate care with the behavioral health providers by managing the Long acting injectable clinic.
• maintain limited distribution drugs and their manufacturer contractual obligations through status updates on referrals and inventory counts.
• work directly with providers to coordinate billing assistance and manage patient safety with medications.
• Serve as a resource for clinicians seeking information on specialty drugs, contributing to informed decision-making processes.
• involved with 340B direct billing for the uninsured patient population.

Oversaw Daily operations of a Tier 2 specialty site. Maintained pharmacies inventories including limited distribution drugs. managed profit/loss statements, staff scheduling and compliance initiatives. I worked closely with Walgreens sales team as well as manufacturer reps to forge new provider relationships and create new business opportunities for Walgreens. strategized with my team to form new operation solutions to provide optimized care. collaborated with fellow manager to share best practices and grow.

• Assisted Insulet Corp. in bringing Omnipod 5 to market in the Kansas City area by working with their insurance reimbursement team and reps to gain prescription status coverage.
• forged new provider and drug rep relationships that allowed for an average 8% business growth month over month
• increased immunization services from 300 the previous year to over 1200.
• Collaborated with district to close the gab on third party billing reversals and retain profit.

Over saw the daily operations of a Tier 3 retail pharmacy including inventory management, hiring technicians, collaborating with store manager to develop strategic processes to meet our store's performance goals.

• took the net promoter score from an average of 65% to 100% during my time at this location.
• The store became one of the top 10 immunizing pharmacies in the region

Over saw all daily operations of a Tier 4 retail pharmacy. Guided this store though the first year of COVID 19 pandemic. Built a pharmacy team that was well situated for rising to the challenge of almost daily protocol changes as a result of the pandemic. responsible for hiring, training, and development of technicians and pharmacists in the district

• We became one of the top performing pharmacies in the area and had the opportunity to host Director of pharmacy operations for the region to share our successes as a top performing store.
• Worked with Pfizer to present on the new Prevnar 20 pneumonia vaccine and its clinical guidelines to the district.

Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contra-indications before dispensing medications. Supported clinical services such as immunizations administration, leading to increased accessibility for patients in need.

• Ensured consistent delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical services through adherence to established standards and guidelines.
• became vaccine lead for the area sharing best practices and recommending on hand inventories