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Ami Gopalan, PharmD, MBA, FAMCP

About Ami

Ami brings 20 years of managed care experience, specializing in benefit design development, formulary and utilization management, and trend management program development. Prior to joining Precision, Ami was Senior Director at Express Scripts, with more than 10 years of direct client management, primarily recommending and implementing formulary and utilization management approaches to meet pharmacy benefit goals of commercial clients. She was directly responsible for the clinical oversight of $1.9 billion in drug spend for 1.6 million employer lives within Fortune 100 companies.In addition, she has also had responsibility in the development and deployment of a variety of PBM-created products and services across health plan and commercial clients.

Since joining Precision, Ami has been involved in numerous value message frameworks and PVP development for both payers and organized providers. She has conducted research with access decision makers including moderating live and virtual advisory boards as well as IDIs. Ami has also created and participated in multiple account manager trainings, payer panels, and competitive simulation workshops. She has worked with clients across a variety of therapeutic areas including autoimmune, oncology, rare disease, COPD, and diabetes from both a payer and organized provider perspective.

EDUCATION:
PharmD, Drake University
MBA, Drake University
1-year postgraduate managed care pharmacy practice residency at Medco

MEMBERSHIPS:
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
The Midwest Affiliate of the AMCP (served as President)