HEMA Manager - CRMDx (Downstream)

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills; US-MA-Marlborough; US-MN-Maple Grove

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About the role:
This Health Economics & Market Access Manager will work in close collaboration with stakeholders in Cardiac Rhythm Management (RM) and Cardiac Diagnostics divisions and at Corporate to lead and execute market access strategy. The manager will provide downstream commercialization support related to market access to our field sales organization and work with any field reimbursement resources to address coding, coverage, payment, and economic questions that arise about CRMDx technologies. The manager will be responsible for developing reimbursement and market access training materials and tools to be used in the field. The manager will also support upstream strategic efforts to positively advocate and remove barriers to access and to ensure coverage, coding, and reimbursement of the division’s emerging technologies and commercially marketed products. 

Successful candidates will have excellent technical expertise in the areas of healthcare administration and delivery, facility and physician reimbursement, and health economic value messaging. Candidates will exhibit outstanding communication skills with the ability to present complex information to a broad and diverse group of key stakeholders and will have the ability to convey the unique capabilities that Boston Scientific has in this market. The role is ideal for high performing team members who excel at both strategy and execution. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Support the field sales organization and any deployed field reimbursement resources with regards to market access questions associated with the commercialization of key CRMDx technologies.
• Develop reimbursement and market access training materials and tools to be used with sales and customers to address the reimbursement and economic elements associated with CRMDx technologies.
• Liaise with payer relations team members to support efforts to secure coverage or overturn non-coverage for new CRMDx technologies.
• Serve as the main point of contact for the third-party call center supporting prior authorization and appeals efforts by customers.
• Support the CRMDx HEMA lead in the review and analysis of annual CMS rulemaking for IPPS, OPPS, ASC and PFS and the development of internal and external communications.
• Serve as a technical expert for CRMDx HEMA on cardiovascular coding topics relevant to CRMDx procedures and services. Provide coding expertise to the CRMDx HEMA team in support of data analytics initiatives, health economics research (incl. Real World Evidence), and market assessments.
• Develop and deliver educational content on health policy, reimbursement, and documentation topics for HEMA colleagues, cross-functional colleagues and sales team representatives. Prepare FAQs related to reimbursement and documentation topics of importance to our customers.
• Review customer reimbursement and market access inquiries and provide responses as needed.
• Align with and collaborate closely with sales management and teams to educate hospitals, physicians, and other HCPs on product coding, coverage and reimbursement, driving acceptance and utilization.
• Track regional reimbursement methods and trends to inform and improve strategic and tactical planning and execution.
• Support the development of coding applications as well as applications for differential payment including but not limited to New Technology Add-On Payments (NTAPs), Transitional Pass-Through (TPT) Payments.
• Present complex market access information to a broad and diverse group of stakeholders in a simple and concise way that facilitates learning, acceptance, and execution. 

 Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, healthcare administration, health policy, public health, or similar discipline
• 5+ years working in the delivery and/or administration of healthcare or the medical device industry, including cardiovascular experience
• Strong understanding and application of principles and concepts in health economics, reimbursement and/or market access and be capable of articulating the current and future market access landscape
• Knowledge of CPT codes, relative value units (RVUs), HCPCS codes, Ambulatory Payment Categories (APCs), and ICD-10 codes diagnosis and procedure codes and MS-DRGs
• Ability to present complex health economic information to both large and small influential groups in a way that is both easy to understand, credible, and engages the audience
• 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
• Strong business acumen, analytical skills and experience working with various internal business partners (especially Sales, Sales Training, Marketing, and Clinical)
• Ability to directly influence business objectives and to work effectively in a matrixed organization
• Knowledge of US health care policy and payment systems, including Medicare and commercial payer device reimbursement in the hospital inpatient, outpatient, ASC and physician office sites of service
• Understanding of hospital financial systems and management practices
• Ability to work well independently as well as collaboratively; self-motivated and disciplined to meet deadlines in the context of competing priorities and projects; lead and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Proven ability in working with commercial organizations, ensuring timely engagement and customer support of internal and external customers
• Analytical experience utilizing large data sets to draw conclusions about market size, targeting, opportunity assessment
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office Suite), including high level of competency in Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications

• An advanced degree such as an MBA, MPH, MHA, MS, MSc in health policy, health economics, healthcare administration, health services research, public health or similar discipline is highly appreciated

Requisition ID: 609845

Minimum Salary: $122100 

Maximum Salary: $232000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

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