Celynda G. Tadlock, PharmD, MBA
Former Vice President, Pharmacy
Business Development
Aetna
Celynda G. Tadlock, PharmD, MBA, is formerly the President, Coventry Prescription Management Services, Inc., Chief Operating Officer, Pharmacy for Coventry Healthcare, Inc. and Head of Coventry Pharmacy at Aetna. In this role Dr. Tadlock leads all aspects of pharmacy at the corporate level for commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid books of business. She is accountable at the senior leader level for pharmacy strategy and operational planning. She executes network management strategies, partner development, vendor management, product development, and project management.
Dr. Tadlock previously held the role of Senior Director, Clinical Program Management at Express-Scripts, Inc. In this role she was responsible for clinical program oversight for the Managed Care Division’s largest client WellPoint, Inc.
Previously, at WellPoint, she was Regional VP, Medicare. In this role she was responsible for overseeing operational and clinical aspects of account management for the MAPD, PDP and employer waiver business. Also while at WellPoint, she was Director of Corporate Clinical Business Operations directing all aspects of formulary decision making at the National Pharmacy &Therapeutics Committee for over 37 million lives. She was responsible for ensuring that evidentiary and analytical standards for health technology assessment were incorporated into The WellPoint Outcomes Based FormularySM review process.
Dr. Tadlock is President Emeritus of The Pharmacy &Therapeutic Society and has served as a member of the board of trustees for the society since 2000. She is also an active member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.
She received a doctor of pharmacy degree from Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a graduate certificate in health services management and a master of business administration degree at Keller Graduate School of Management.
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