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About the Role
The Patient Access Liaison (PAL) is a field-based position that will provide product reimbursement, distribution, logistical, and non-medical educational assistance to patients/caregivers and HCP office/site of care staff. The PAL will educate on therapy access requirements, including prior authorization and appeals, and maintain relationships to support ongoing compliance. This highly visible role requires strong teamwork to provide exceptional customer service and requires experience in rare diseases with knowledge of reimbursement and distribution for buy & bill/medical benefit covered products.
Responsibilities
- Support patients with accessing treatment by educating the patient & office staff about payer access & insurance processes, including specific payer requirements for authorization.
- Assist patients & office staff with finding sites of care options closer to their home and options for home dosing.
- Navigate office and SOC staff to identify the appropriate personnel who support the patient with coverage and access needs.
- Provide education on affordability assistance options including copay assistance, patient assistance programs (PAP), and other alternative options.
- Provide non-medical, educational support including what to expect when initiating therapy.
- Prepare patients and help coordinate the next appointment and treatment.
- Develop trusted relationships with patients and caregivers by engaging via phone, text, email, virtual or in person connections.
- Follow a planned educational and support program to support patients on therapy to optimize adherence to the prescribed therapy.
- Provide proactive education to large centers, community prescribers and sites of care, product procurement options and associated billing and coding requirements for product and professional services.
- Work compliantly within the Krystal patient CRM/Workflow system to document case progress, complete assigned tasks, and overall case management functions with PAL responsibilities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- BS/BA degree required.
- 5+ years of experience (Field-Based Preferred) in patient services, field reimbursement, biopharma sales or account management required with a minimum of 1 year working directly with patients/families providing education and access support.
- Scientific background and ability to learn product and disease information.
- Orphan or Rare disease experience working directly with patients/caregivers.
- Familiarity with HIPAA guidelines and FDA regulations.
- Ability to travel between 30%-50%.
- Ability to handle difficult patient cases and resolve hurdles.
- Ability to work in team environment and manage communication and provide appropriate leadership with internal team members, specialty pharmacy partners, and field sales.
- Ability to respond immediately, when necessary (within 24 hours), to prevent lapses in treatment.
- Previous experience with Patient Journey Navigator (PJN) preferred for patient services and case management workflow preferred.
Skills
- Reimbursement
- Distribution
- Logistics
- Patient Education
- Prior Authorization
- Appeals
- Customer Service
- Rare Diseases
- Buy & Bill
- Medical Benefit Coverage
- HIPAA
- FDA Regulations
- Case Management
- CRM
Location
- CA
- OR
- WA
- AK
- HI
- Major metro location within the territory
Work Type
- Field-Based
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
- Minimum of 1 year working directly with patients/families providing education and access support
Education Level
- BS/BA degree
About the Company
- At Krystal Biotech, we bring together the brightest and most eager minds to relentlessly pursue the discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of genetic medicines to treat diseases with high unmet medical needs.
- Founded in 2016, Krystal is distinguished in three powerful ways: science and technology using our patented gene therapy platform, innovative manufacturing supported by our commercial scale facilities, and a unique commercialization model that focuses on the patient’s end to end experience.
- Krystal received U.S. FDA approval for the first and only redosable gene therapy treatment, VYJUVEK®, for the treatment of Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB). Krystal continues to leverage our proprietary platform to rapidly advance a robust pipeline of investigational genetic medicines in respiratory, oncology, dermatology, and ophthalmology.
- Krystal is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA which is home to our two state-of-the-art CGMP manufacturing facilities with teams around the world and satellite offices in Switzerland, Germany, and Japan.
- We are a company built and run by people who care, are fearless in the face of a challenge, love the work they do, and practice the highest level of scientific integrity. As we grow, we are seeking team members that embody these values.