Debbie Simonson
VP and Chief
Pharmacy Officer
On-demand session · Becker's
Leaders from Ochsner, Mount Sinai, Yale New Haven and UCSF on the numbers they track and how they frame them for leadership.
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From the conversation
The ROI is the number of prescriptions per FTE in each of the buckets.
It's knowing the audience and making sure you can connect to it in a way that's meaningful.
Evidence for the conversation
Specialty pharmacy volume per team member.
47.99%
Increase in prescriptions per FTE, specialty pharmacy
Ochsner Health's reported appeal workload.
75%
Reduction in appeals
Year-over-year prescription volume, with the same staff.
15-20%
Year-over-year prescription volume growth absorbed without adding staff
From an average of 25–30 minutes.
<5 min
Average prior authorization completion time, down from 25–30
Prior authorization throughput per team member.
109%
Increase in PA throughput per team member
Historic case close times at Yale New Haven Health.
21 days → 24-72 hours
Case close
Prior authorization approval at UCSF Health.
86%
Prior authorizations approved in the first 24 hours
Specialty prescription turnaround at UCSF Health.
5 days
Under the national specialty prescription turnaround standard
Ochsner results were reported by Debbie Simonson at 29:53; UCSF results by Noelle Chapman at 35:49. Mount Sinai and Yale New Haven results come from the linked case studies, not this panel. Measures, periods and baselines differ by system.
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