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Vanessa Coelho

Remote - MA

Summary

Licensed Registered Pharmacist with more than 16 years of retail, corporate, and call center experience across the Pharmacy, Specialty/PBM, and Health Plan settings. Patient-centered and strategic pharmacy leader seeking new career opportunities where I can utilize my passion for clinical and digital innovation to drive improved health outcomes.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Manager – Specialty Oncology Product Development

CVS Health
08.2022 - Current

Partner cross-functionally to define an Oncology strategic roadmap lifecycle, IT pipeline, and the build for internal and external reporting packages for various medical and pharmacy oncology products:

  • Multi-faceted contributor to the pilot and national expansion for the Novologix Radiation Oncology UM program that is set to support providers select the most appropriate and timely therapy at a lower cost
  • Developed and implemented the Oncology Clinical Consulting Services program that guides providers in delivering higher quality care through more accurate and durable decisions for high complexity Oncology cases
  • Designed the Community Oncology Clinic operational structure and Retrospective Bundled Payment with a VBC Model that is expected to provide more effective and quality care to Oncology members while reducing out-of-pocket expenses and driving savings across the provider, employer, and health plan
  • Monitoring and maintenance of the Novologix prior authorization NCCN and broad panel testing pathways
  • Drive content and lead cross-functional senior leadership updates and discussions on high visibility projects
  • Design statistical methodology for opportunity analysis and success metrics
  • Support Sales team with the creation of marketing materials and client implementation efforts
  • Managed 1 pharmacist who support product development activities and upwards of 6 pharmacy interns annually



Clinical Advisor – Specialty Oncology Product Development

CVS Health
01.2020 - 08.2022
  • Led the design and go-to-market implementation of the 2021 Aetna Commercial Oncology Product for Self-Insured payors and provider practices with $13M in projected revenue across 2.1M lives by 2026
  • Generate new Oncology opportunity business cases using data insights and market research
  • Support the development of internal and external Oncology reporting dashboards to evaluate program success and pinpoint areas for improvement
  • Partner with cross-functional teams and external clients to pilot new Oncology-related EMR/EHR program concepts or expand existing offerings

Manager – Retail Product Development and Innovation

CVS Health
12.2018 - 12.2019
  • Developed patient conversion and retention strategies for front-end operations to grow fulfillment volume by 5M+ prescriptions
  • Executed Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software gap analyses and developed process flow improvements for program enhancements
  • Identified the technology and digital roadmap (website, app, and SMS) to support program growth, contributing to requirement sessions, UX testing, and deployment
  • Supported the pharmacy store construction project management resulting in the remodel of two fulfillment locations, a net new SimpleDose pharmacy and call center
  • Led change management initiatives in partnership with the call center to optimize systems and processes to reduce costs and promote customer excellence
  • Supported identifying and meeting regulatory and legal requirements necessary to service patients within 50 states
  • Generated job aids, manual guides, interactive videos, SOP’s and conducted training for 300+ call center agents to impact productivity and quality of patient service
  • Supported the development of a new KPI dashboard using Tableau to enable performance visibility across reach rate and acceptance rate

Manager – Retail Operations

CVS Health
01.2017 - 11.2018
  • Designed, piloted, and launched a prescription Pre-Pay digital experience (website, app, and SMS) and marketing materials across ~10K CVS pharmacy locations, resulting in a YTD 40% utilization rate and decreasing the average Pick-Up transaction by ~2 minutes
  • Designed operational efficient prompts, decreasing the average Pick-Up transaction by ~5 seconds towards the overall goal of 20 seconds resulting in annual labor savings of $56.3M
  • Led financial discrepancies reporting to evaluate pharmacy loss and point of sale issues
  • Reduced waiting bin loss by $1.5M through targeted field training

Pharmacy Manager

CVS Health
05.2014 - 12.2016
  • Managed upwards of 20 team members in fulfilling more than 3,000 prescriptions weekly
  • Ranked as a top performer year over year out of 15 pharmacy managers
  • Led the operations for talent recruitment and training, personnel management, regulatory requirements, quality assurance, inventory management, financial profitability, loss prevention, and corporate pilots
  • Monitored workflow, service, patient care, and script growth metrics to identify performance gaps and communicate action plans to resolve issues, providing coaching and recognition opportunities to team members
  • Planned flu vaccination clinics for educational and corporate organizations, resulting in a net script growth of ~10% year over year

Staff Pharmacist and Pharmacy Intern

CVS Health
05.2008 - 04.2014
  • Managed upwards of 15 ancillary team members in fulfilling more than 1,500 prescriptions weekly
  • Consulted with physicians and patients regarding medication dosage, drug interactions, medical equipment, disease management and potential side effects of prescription and OTC medications

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy -

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences University
Boston, MA
01.2012

B.S. - Biology & Business Studies Minor

Providence College
Providence, RI
01.2008

Skills

    Product Development Risk Mitigation Process Improvement Go-to-Market Strategy Data Analytics Digital and Technology Solutions Change Management and Training Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Customer Service

Certification

Massachusetts Registered Pharmacist License #234141, 01/01/12, Present

Technology Skills

  • Microsoft Office programs: Proficient with Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Outlook, and OneNote
  • Customer Relation Management (CRM) Software
  • Avaya
  • TeamTrack
  • HP Service Manager
  • Agile
  • Rally
  • Salesforce
  • Tableau

Recognition

CVS Health Award Recipient, District Breakthrough, 2014, Regulatory and Loss Prevention Victor, 2015, Regional Paragon: Pharmacist of the Year, 2016, Product Development Value Victor, 2019, Enterprise Preceptor of the Year, 2024

Timeline

Senior Manager – Specialty Oncology Product Development

CVS Health
08.2022 - Current

Clinical Advisor – Specialty Oncology Product Development

CVS Health
01.2020 - 08.2022

Manager – Retail Product Development and Innovation

CVS Health
12.2018 - 12.2019

Manager – Retail Operations

CVS Health
01.2017 - 11.2018

Pharmacy Manager

CVS Health
05.2014 - 12.2016

Staff Pharmacist and Pharmacy Intern

CVS Health
05.2008 - 04.2014

Doctor of Pharmacy -

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences University

B.S. - Biology & Business Studies Minor

Providence College
Vanessa Coelho