Jann Rigell, RPh, MBA

VP, Regional Pharmacy, East and South Regions | Centene Pharmacy Services

Ms. Rigell is currently, Vice President, Regional Pharmacy for the Centene Corporation.  Centene is the largest insurer in the US for government-sponsored programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and health exchanges.  In that role, Ms. Rigell provides strategic leadership and business management to the pharmacy departments in all the Centene-owned Health Plans in the East and South Regions of the US, which includes Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. 

Ms. Rigell has enjoyed a dynamic career as a leader in the healthcare, health insurer, and the pharmacy benefit management markets.  Ms. Rigell is a strategic business thinker with proven leadership skills and successful results in developing, launching, and providing oversight of programs and services in pharmacy trend management, formulary management, utilization management, rebate management, benefit and regulatory compliance, pharmacy benefit management, and specialty benefit management for all lines of business, including Medicare, Medicaid, Health Exchange Marketplace, and Commercial Employers.

Ms. Rigell joined the Centene Corporation from MedImpact Direct as the Principal, Enterprise Specialty Program. In that role, Ms. Rigell was responsible for the strategic programs for integrating specialty data from both the medical benefits and pharmacy benefits and providing solutions for clients for better management and savings.  She operated three programs for MedImpact clients for integrated specialty management.  Those programs are MedIntegrate, RxPostCheck, and Medical Specialty Advisor.

Prior to joining MedImpact Direct, her experience was garnered in leadership positions at two of the largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers in the country — Express Scripts based in St. Louis, MO, and Medco Health Solutions, based in Franklin Lakes, NJ.  She has led teams of account executives, project managers, clinicians, financial analysts, and operations managers throughout her career.  She has had consistent and proven results managing in both matrix-managed and direct-managed corporate structures.  She has a collaborative leadership style and strong negotiation skills with an ability to gain acceptance from others to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.  Ms. Rigell is a pharmacist by education with experience in both the retail and mail service pharmacy practice settings prior to moving into corporate healthcare leadership roles. 

She received her undergraduate degree in Pharmacy from Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tallahassee, FL.  She received her master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL).  She is a member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) and the National Association of Specialty Pharmacies (NASP).  She also serves as a board member for the Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB).  Additionally, she serves on tasks forces to find solutions for issues in the pharmacy profession for various membership organizations.

Outside of her professional life, Ms. Rigell serves on the Patient Advocate and Diversity Council of the University of Iowa/Mayo Clinic Lymphoma SPORE.  In that role, Ms. Rigell provides bidirectional input to the investigators on epidemiological projects.  Ms. Rigell is also on the board of BRAVE Coalition Foundation.  BRAVE is an organization that focuses on diversity and inclusion support for those who have survived breast cancer.  Additionally, Ms. Rigell serves as a board chairman for the non-profit organization, Pathlight Home.  Pathlight Home provides permanent housing solutions for homeless. citizens in the greater Orlando, FL area.  She has been a board member for over 15 years.  Pathlight Home was founded by her grandfather, Rev. Fred L. Maxwell.  Additionally, Ms. Rigell is an avid reader of mystery/thriller novels, a true crime enthusiast, a concert pianist, and a classically trained vocalist.