Director, Pharmacy Services
Medica
Minnetonka, MN
Kim joined Medica’s Pharmacy Services team in October 2010 and has earned progressive leadership roles and responsibilities throughout her tenure. In her current role as Pharmacy Director, Kim leads the clinical pharmacy and pharmacy operations teams in achieving targeted strategic goals and optimizing the value medications provides members and stakeholders by providing pharmaceutical services across the pharmacy and medical benefit for the Commercial, Individual, Medicare, and Medicaid lines of business. Areas of focus include vendor management; business segment pharmacy strategy development and support; clinical program management; formulary strategy and contracting; clinical policy development and management; pharmacy operations; utilization management; drug pipeline surveillance; site of service optimization; Medication Therapy Management, and Medicare STARs initiatives.
Kim has more than 20 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a variety of roles. She spent several years as a Medical Science Liaison with Shire Pharmaceuticals and had a brief stint at CVS Caremark prior to joining Medica. Kim is a board-certified in pharmacotherapy and holds Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit, MI followed by an academic fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM ET