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Hi, my name is Rachel Linsin.

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I graduated from Regis University with my
Pharm D and Masters of Health Service

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Administration in 2019.

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I currently work in Managed Care pharmacy
and I'm currently the Senior Clinical

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Pharmacist at Archimedes which is a
pharmacy Benefits manager or PBM focused

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specifically on specialty drug management.

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Here,
some of my roles are reviewing prior

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authorizations for our members,
writing policies,

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and reviewing literature on new to market
specialty drugs.

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Our focus is on providing clinical
management that's supported economically.

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So many of my literature reviews are cost
effective analysis.

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Soon I'll be moving into a director
position of the prior authorization

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department.

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The degree in Health Services
Administration gave me the confidence to

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apply to positions that I may not have
without it and in a field I knew I wanted

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to be in without settling.

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My goal was always managed care pharmacy
and I went into pharmacy school at a

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younger age so I didn't have the years of
real world experience behind me.

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But the Master's in Health Services
Administration gave me the confidence

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that I could apply into these managed
care positions with a more limited real

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world experience but still succeed
because I had already completed projects

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in areas like finance, informatics, and
completing the final master's project.

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The project and courses themselves are
also just great talking points for

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interviews.

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I think subconsciously I use knowledge
from the dual degree program multiple

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times a day every day.

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But specifics that have stuck with me
that I regularly think about are the

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finance piece and critiquing literature.

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For the finance,
I more clearly see the intricacies of a

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budget and what it takes to make a
company profitable.

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I also have a better understanding of
financial programs,

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something like a 340B program and why that
might be beneficial to a health system.

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Arguably the biggest skill set for my
career is the literature reviews and

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incorporating clinical evidence.

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With the economic impact,
there's a lot of current events recently

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with questionable approvals by the FDA
for high cost drugs.

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So to be able to analyze the
clinical trials and then bring in the

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finance piece and how covering a really
expensive product may impact a health

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plan is essentially the basis of my
current company and a big portion of what

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I do.

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Being in these master classes with
students from other healthcare

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backgrounds may have been one of the most
beneficial aspects of this program.

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I had classes with nurses,
office administrators, medical billing,

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finance, executives of health systems,
everyone.

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And for every different background,
there are different levels of experience.

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So the more people share,
the more interesting the conversations

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were during our classes.

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I didn't expect two years out of pharmacy
school and finishing the master's

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I'd be working on something like
finalizing a budget for my department,

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but that's one of my upcoming projects.

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So having the experience of learning and
hearing how other students during the

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master's program who worked in their
fields like finance or more managerial

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roles is still incredibly valuable for me
to draw on.

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It's also just nice to hear perspectives
from peoples and settings you may never

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even think of outside a pharmacy.

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Overall,
I think the dual degree program really

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advanced my starting point as an
applicant for jobs outside a pharmacy

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school,
and it gives you an edge that others may

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not have,
and it gives you a more complete picture

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of the world of healthcare
outside of just pharmacy.