Dr. Barrington serves as chief pharmacy officer for the UPMC Insurance Services Division, working with senior leaders to develop, implement and evaluate pharmacy clinical resource management, quality management and quality improvement programs. Simultaneously, she works closely with the UPMC Health Plan clinical services department to monitor the impact of pharmacy data on the continuum of care. She brings more than 20 years of experience across a range of healthcare roles, including serving as vice president and chief pharmacy officer for Priority Health, where she was responsible for setting the strategic direction of the organization’s pharmacy department, as senior director for clinical quality management at OptumRx/Catamaran, and as a director at Humana. This breadth of managed care pharmacy experience spans strategy, quality and operations at some of the nation’s leading health plans and pharmacy benefit organizations. Beyond her role at UPMC, Dr. Barrington serves as president of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s board of directors, contributing to the managed care pharmacy profession at the national level and helping shape standards and practices that influence how pharmacy services are delivered across health plans nationwide.
