Summer 2027 Pharmacy Intern

About the Role

The Internship Program at BCBSM is designed to enhance the skills and abilities of young professionals, identify and attract future talent, and provide practical, hands-on work experience within the health insurance industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing information and research materials to identify business problems, offer recommendations, and assist management with solution implementation.
• Support leaders on projects designed to enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
• Develop and maintain a solid understanding of BCBSM business, products, programs, data, organizational structure, controls, and research.
• Analyze business goals, objectives, and needs within the organization.
• Participate in networking events with BCBSM leaders and other interns.
• Engage in volunteer activities/community outreach to build knowledge of our communities and customers.
• Participate in department meetings and events, including monthly Diversity and Inclusion events, department-wide team-building events, and weekly meetings for team alignment.
• Analyze literature, guidelines, and claims data for the pipeline of drugs seeking FDA approval.
• Complete outcomes research focused projects/assignments, which may include assisting in the review of articles for publication, reviewing abstracts for presentation at a national conference, developing a research poster, and serving as a co-author.
• Identify opportunities to collaborate with prescribers and members to improve health outcomes related to antibiotics, COPD, asthma, diabetes, statin therapy, medication adherence, and opioids.
• Assist in developing clinical rationale for medication use policies and/or utilization management tools for a particular drug or class of drugs.
• Serve as a clinical liaison and develop educational and marketing materials geared towards prescribers and patients on pharmacy hot topics.
• Analyze pharmacy claims to identify processing issues or patterns of utilization.
• Research drug information questions.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suites and applicable BCBSM systems.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate or graduate student with a 3.0 GPA or higher required.
• Must be enrolled in a college/university or a Master’s/PhD program for the duration of the internship.
• Effective verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Excellent organizational skills to deal with multiple projects and priorities.
• Responsible for maintaining confidential information to the highest degree.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Current 2nd year student in PharmD program at an accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Strong pharmacy & therapeutics knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills and interest in working with large datasets.
• Interest in practicing pharmacy in a managed care environment.

Preferred

• Previous work experience in a pharmacy practice setting is preferred.