PGY-1 Managed Care Pharmacy Residency Program

Amanda Bain is the Director of Pharmacy and Care Management for The Ohio State University Health Plan. She is also the director for the managed care pharmacy residency program and serves as the primary preceptor for the clinical programs management, pharmacy leadership, and residency project learning experiences. She has had the pleasure of chairing and/or serving numerous Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) committees and representing AMCP on several expert panels and workgroups. She is a past president of The Ohio State University AMCP chapter and a past Secretary/Treasurer of the Ohio-Kentucky Affiliate. In addition to training managed care residents for their future careers, she enjoys implementing winning strategies for OSUHP’s pharmacy residents and friends team in their pursuit of further titles at the Buckeye Wellness Amazing Race to Wellness and Dodgeball Classics.

JL Nelson is a specialty practice pharmacist at The Ohio State University Health Plan. They are a former OSU Health Plan pharmacy resident and are proud to have joined the preceptor team. JL serves as the primary preceptor for the formulary and utilization management learning experience and co-precepts the longitudinal patient care learning experience with Erika Smith. Between residency and becoming a preceptor, JL worked for Molina and Aetna in multiple managed care roles (prior authorization review, telephonic MTM services, quality improvement). As a preceptor, JL specializes in providing targeted feedback to develop policy writing skills and critical analysis of clinical trial data.

Erika Smith is a specialty practice pharmacist at The Ohio State University Health Plan. She is the primary preceptor for the advanced drug information learning experience and co-precepts the longitudinal patient care learning experience with JL Nelson.  Erika completed her BS and PharmD at the University of Michigan before moving out west to complete a PGY1 at the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System.  She worked in a variety of inpatient and ambulatory care settings and gained board certification before transitioning to a position in oncology and investigational drug management. Erika eventually came back to the Midwest to be near her family and found a place in the OSU Health Plan managed care pharmacy team.  As a preceptor, Erika is passionate about helping residents and students become comfortable with the “gray area” of medicine where there are no clear answers.

Taylor Blevins is a specialty practice pharmacist at The Ohio State University Health Plan. She precepts the Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience for students from The OSU College of Pharmacy and assists with clinical program management and pharmacy leadership initiatives at the health plan. Taylor received her PharmD from Ohio Northern University and is a former OSU Health Plan pharmacy resident. She feels incredibly lucky that she was able to stay on after completing residency and be part of such a passionate and innovative team. Taylor loves evidence-based medicine and is always looking forward to the next journal club or Hot Topics discussion.

Greg Wilson is the Director of Pharmacy Benefit Services and Data Analytics for the OSU Health Plan. He precepts the Client and Vendor Management rotation, drawing on his 30+ years of experience in the private and public sector with PBM organizations. Greg is passionate about optimizing benefit design and contracting as well as identifying areas of fraud, waste, and abuse to decrease costs for our members.

Tasneem Motiwala is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and an Analytics/Informatics Consultant at The Ohio State University Health Plan. Her work is focused on population health, outcomes evaluation for the different member intervention programs we offer, and establishing bundle payment agreements with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Prior to completing a Masters of Public Health and transitioning her career to population health and analytics, Tasneem was a research scientist specializing in understanding the mechanisms of cancer to help identify novel therapeutic targets. As the primary mentor for the residency research projects, Tasneem is passionate about guiding the residents through the different steps of the project from inception to culmination in a poster presentation at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual meeting.