CalOptima Health

Location Orange, California
Company Type
Health Plan
Type of Program
Non-accredited residencies
Length of Program
1 year
Number of Positions
1-2
Affiliation
Student internship affiliations with UCSF, Western Schools of Pharmacy

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November 1, 2024 - January 6, 2025

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Educational/Special Requirements

Applications must include:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) Letter of intent
(3) Three letters of recommendation submitted by the letter writers on the CalOptima Health application portal
(4) Official pharmacy school transcript sent directly from the school to @email

Interviews for selected candidates will be required. Additionally, residents must be graduates from an accredited school of pharmacy and eligible for licensure in California by July 1, 2025. Residents must be licensed as Registered Pharmacist in California within 120 calendar days of entering the program. Please see our website link below for more information. 

Special Features

CalOptima Health is a County Organized Health System (COHS) authorized by federal law to administer Medi-Cal benefits for Orange County residents. It is governed by a private board of directors and manages the health care for over 900,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Orange County, California. CalOptima Health started a Medicare Advantage-Prescription (MA-PD) Special Needs Plan in January of 2006 providing Medicare Part A, B and D benefits. OneCare (HMO D-SNP) serves approximately 17,200 beneficiaries in Orange County who have both Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits. CalOptima’s PACE program (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) serves almost 500 members. PACE is a community-based Medicare and Medi-Cal program that provides coordinated and integrated health care services to frail elders to help them continue living independently in the community. The program provides all the acute and long-term care services covered by Medicare and Medi-Cal. 

Contact Information

Name: Nicki Ghazanfarpour 

Email: @email 

Phone: (714) 246-8471 

Address:

505 City Parkway West

Orange, CA 92868 

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