VP, Policy
Optum
Washington, DC
Marissa Schlaifer currently serves as Vice President, Policy, for the Optum businesses. For Optum, she has overall responsible for public policy related to Optum Rx, Optum Health and Optum Insight, and their component businesses. Prior to her current position she worked as an independent consultant focused on health care policy analysis, issue advocacy, practice advancement and business development. As a former director of pharmacy and regulatory affairs at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP), Marissa worked on the development of pharmacy benefits under Medicare Part D, Medicaid and the Healthcare Exchanges, and regulations and practice improvements impacting pharmacy benefits. Her thirty-year career includes experience within managed care organizations and retail pharmacy, including as the head of policy in the government affairs department for CVS Health, as director of patient care programs for H-E-B Grocery Company, as pharmacy director for PacifiCare of Texas, and in managed care contracting and as a pharmacy manager for Eckerd Drug Company.
Marissa is a past president of AMCP. In addition, she currently works as a volunteer pharmacist at the Arlington Free Clinic.
Marissa received her B.S. in Pharmacy and M.S. in Pharmacy Administration from The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.
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