Analyst II, Health Economics & Market Access

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About the role:
The Health Economics & Market Access Analyst II is a strategic reimbursement role within our Health Economics and Market Access team supporting Boston Scientific’s Electrophysiology (EP) business. A key priority for this position will be supporting the development and implementation of health policy and reimbursement initiatives.   The Analyst II will work in close collaboration across departments including marketing, clinical trials and scientific communications.  
 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Utilize knowledge of available data assets (e.g. Medicare claims data, CMS payment information) to identify research opportunities and define/execute analyses in support of business unit objectives.
• Monitor and assess health policy updates impacting the business’ emerging technologies and commercially marketed products. Develop related communications to inform senior management.
• Recommend, select, maintain, and update health economic and reimbursement resources for the EP business unit, including coding guides and reimbursement calculators.
• Develop and promote analytical best practices within and across product franchises. Research and apply new techniques for advanced analyses, create, monitor, review, and improve methods and techniques continuously.
• Support new product development teams to ensure health economics and reimbursement needs are incorporated into product development plans and timelines.
• Develop and deliver educational content on health policy, reimbursement, and documentation topics for HEMA colleagues, cross-functional colleagues and sales team representatives. Support HEMA Analysts in reviewing customer inquiries and assisting with responses as needed.
• Coordinate with Senior HEMA team members and global HEMA partners to develop market access assessments, health economic and clinical strategy to facilitate global reimbursement and funding, and influence EP Franchise plans. 
• Provide appropriate in-service training to increase awareness and understanding of health economics and reimbursement opportunities in supporting a product’s success.
• Collaborate with colleagues to inform strategic activities related to health economic research, health policy and business development.
• Serve in the review and analysis of annual CMS rulemaking for IPPS, OPPS, ASC and PFS. Collaborate with HEMA Analysts to prepare internal and external communications. Collaborate with Corporate HEMA team to develop comments in response to topics of importance to the EP business with strategic guidance from HEMA Directors to positively influence our business.
• Maintain proficiency in current and evolving health policy topics (e.g. VBP, MIPS, MCIT, Telehealth, AI) to inform HEMA strategies and landscape assessments, especially for emerging markets.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or post-secondary education, preferably in a healthcare related field
• 3+ years experience in or with the medical technology industry
• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. healthcare systems including health policy trends, payment systems (inpatient/outpatient/physician/ASC) and associated documentation/coding requirements
• Knowledge and understanding of the healthcare industry and healthcare systems
• Understanding of hospital financial systems and management practices
• Demonstrated ability to set and manage priorities, manage multiple projects
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office Suite)
• US-focused overnight travel estimated at 10-15%.

Preferred qualifications:

• An advanced degree in health policy, health economics, healthcare administration, health services research, public health or similar discipline is highly desired.
• Ability to advance initiatives independently and in a fast-paced matrix environment with minimal supervision
• Outstanding interpersonal skills including developing relationships at all levels in an organization and directly influencing business objectives.
• Knowledge of CPT codes, relative value units (RVUs), HCPCS codes, Ambulatory Payment Categories (APCs), ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes, and MS-DRGs
• Knowledge of cardiovascular coding and documentation
• Experience answering health economic questions using large datasets
• Ability to present complex health economic information to influential groups in understandable, credible, and engaging ways.
• Ability to train sales team members both individually and in groups in the use of economic tools such as calculators, presentations, and messaging in a compliant manner.
• Experience working as part of both functional and cross-functional teams.
• Analytical experience utilizing large data sets to draw conclusions about market size, targeting, opportunity assessment
• Customer-facing experience (i.e., customer service, complaint handling, etc.)

Requisition ID: 557504

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