Kelly Rupiper

As the Vice President of Account Managment at Innovative Rx Strategies, Kelly provides advocacy and strategic support to help clients navigate management of their prescription drug benefits and associated vendor partnerships

Prior to joining the team at Innovative, Kelly spent 10 years working for Caterpillar in Total Rewards, where she led a dedicated team focused on promoting clinically appropriate pharmacy utilization while managing trend and achieving lowest net cost pharmacy outcomes. In this role, Kelly was responsible for management of custom drug formularies, utilization management criteria, PBM contracting and direct pharmacy contracting.

Kelly’s experience also includes 14 years in the Prescription Benefit Management space where she acquired a deep understanding of the industry from directing quality assurance and technical teams, developing adjudication systems, reporting and analytics as well as leading account managment teams and supporting key client relationships.

Kelly is passionate about understanding Innovative Rx Strategies clients’ needs and providing support and solutions that go beyond basic service to create and deliver real value.

Previous roles:

• Senior Manager – US Healthcare Benefits, Caterpillar Inc.
• Account Management, Prairie States Enterprise
• Director of Operations, Premiere Choice Association Management
• Client Benefits and Services – Department Manager, RESTAT (PBM)