Patient Access Manager - Midwest

Seeking talent near : Minneapolis, MN; Saint Paul, MN; Des Moines, IA

As a Patient Access Manager (PAM) at Acadia, youll be a key field-based expert supporting healthcare providers in navigating access and reimbursement for our therapies. Youll serve as a dedicated, trusted resource for on-label access-related questions, helping ensure patients receive timely and appropriate treatment. In this highly collaborative role, youll act as a critical liaison among healthcare providers, specialty pharmacies, payers, patients, hub services, and internal cross-functional teams. Your expertise in coverage and access will be instrumental in removing barriers to care across your assigned geographic territory. This is a non-promotional role that adheres to Acadias compliance guidelines, including role-specific Rules of Engagement. Frequent travel is required to support the evolving needs of key stakeholders and drive meaningful impact in the patient journey.

Key Responsibilities :

• Proactively educate healthcare providers on navigating programs, processes, and access-related requirements to facilitate patient access to ACADIA products via in-person and virtual interactions.
• Serve as the subject matter expert in preventing and addressing access and reimbursement issues through education, problem-solving, and issue resolution ensuring solutions are optimized to support the patients access journey and deliver excellent customer experience.
• Proactively build and maintain access-related relationships with HCP accounts and their office support staff.
• Demonstrate deep market knowledge and apply this to navigating the patient access process, building and maintaining access-related knowledge, and supporting coverage and reimbursement requirements.
• Conduct proactive in-services with HCPs on all aspects of the access journey, including but not limited to coverage pathways, prior authorization, specialty pharmacy coordination, appeals, hub resources, and patient support services.
• Escalate local payer issues to National Account Managers and PAM Leads.
• Condense complex issues into simple solutions by collaborating cross-functionally to improve customer experience, educate HCPs / Office Staff on coverage status, prior authorization, and appeals.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of ACADIA customer support programs and serve as the expert in the assigned territory.
• Provide proactive pre-referral educational in-services to prevent coverage barriers before referral.
• Provide post-referral support to HCP offices by addressing education needs, pulling through access and coverage for patients, and coordinating with ACADIA customer support programs and specialty pharmacies to monitor referral status
• Support continuity of patient access by proactively educating HCP offices on reauthorization requirements, assisting with payer transitions, and offering program services to minimize therapy interruptions.
• Facilitate patient reimbursement and affordability by guiding offices through prior authorizations, appeals, and financial support options.
• Build relationships with pharmacy staff and share key insights.
• Provide expertise on regional and national payer plans to team members and PAM Leads.
• Support development and implementation of national-level initiatives to improve access and reimbursement strategies across brands.
• Champion and manage appropriate utilization of patient support services and ensure compliance with legal / regulatory requirements.

Education & Experience :

Required Skills :

Physical Requirements :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, see, talk or hear in a standard office environment.  Employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 pounds.

In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for discretionary bonus and equity awards based on factors such as individual and organizational performance. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance, and location.

Salary Range

$128,000 — $160,000 USD

What we offer US-based Employees :

EEO Statement (US-based Employees) : Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications in the exact way they are described in job postings. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and innovative company, and we are looking for the BEST candidate for the job. That candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background or may meet the qualifications in a different way. We strongly encourage you to apply, especially if the reason you are the best candidate isnt exactly what we describe here.

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