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Vinay Panchal, PharmD, MBA, BCPS

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Head of Pharmacy Operations & PBM Relations at Develop Health
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Vinay Panchal is the Head of Pharmacy Operations & PBM Relations at Develop Health. He leverages his extensive background as a managed care pharmacist and Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist to improve patient outcomes through innovation, data analytics, and technology, with a focus on enhancing the customer experience.

Vinay is a forward-thinking, lifelong learner driven by a desire to catalyze change within the healthcare industry. He focuses on building relationships based on honesty, trust, and respect to create a sustainable impact and fix systemic dysfunctions.

Unique fact: Having spent years reviewing prior authorizations from the payers perspective, he now uses that insider knowledge to build AI tools that help providers get them approved.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Head of Pharmacy Operations & PBM Relations
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Healthcare
He is actively building AI agents and leveraging LLMs at Develop Health to automate prior authorizations and other clinical casework, aiming to accelerate patient access to medications.
Prior Authorization Reform
His work focuses on solving the "painful bottlenecks" in pharmacy operations caused by prior authorizations, using his deep experience from the payer side to inform his company's platform.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head of Pharmacy Operations & PBM Relations
Develop Health
3-2023 - 8-2025
Director, Clinical Review
SmithRx
7-2018 - 3-2023
Senior Manager, Pharmacy Benefit Prior Authorization
Blue Shield of California
9-2017 - 7-2018
Manager, Pharmacy Benefit Prior Authorization
Blue Shield of California
9-2016 - 9-2017
Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Prior Authorization Technology Manager
Blue Shield of California
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The University of Arizona Global Campus
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
University of the Pacific
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