Clinical Pharmacist, Commercial Pharmacy
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
Mayflower, Arkansas, United States
Denise Clayton, BSPharm, FAPhA
Clinical Pharmacist Manager Commercial Pharmacy
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Little Rock, AR
Denise Clayton, BS Pharm, FAPhA, is a Clinical Pharmacist for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Commercial Pharmacy Operations.
Her responsibilities at ABCBS include working with self-funded employer clients in a strategic consulting role focused on the pharmacy benefit; managing both the Commercial and Exchange formularies; supporting ABCBS value-based payment programs and the Behavioral Health Program. Over the past year and a half, Denise has led the addition of pharmacists as providers to the ABCBS provider network with payment on the medical benefit for expanded services delivered by community pharmacists that includes test and treat COVID, strep and flu; prescribing of oral contraceptives, Naloxone and tobacco cessation products. She has been an integral part of the training for Arkansas pharmacists on medical billing.
Denise is an American Pharmacists Association Fellow and has served in many leadership roles with APhA. Denise has most recently been awarded the Bowl of Hygeia award.
Denise earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy and continues to be involved at the college as a preceptor for student pharmacists.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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