Field HEMA Manager - Southeast
Maple Grove, MN, US, 55311
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About the role:
The Manager of Field Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) is responsible for supporting and communicating the economic value of the Boston Scientific (BSC) Interventional Cardiology Therapies (ICTx) portfolio of products. In collaboration with the ICTx sales organization, the Field HEMA Manager will differentiate BSC through direct interaction with clinical and economic customers that positively influences business objectives. The Field HEMA Manager will provide field-based HEMA support to clinical and economic stakeholders, with a near-term focus of educating and supporting customers during the launch of a first-to-US-market technology with a complex and evolving reimbursement environment. Successful candidates will have expertise in the areas of facility and physician reimbursement and economic value messaging. They should be familiar with reimbursement programs such as NTAP/TPT and documentation requirements for products reported under Category III CPT codes. Candidates will exhibit excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information to a broad and diverse group of stakeholders.
Work Mode
This is a field-based (remote) position supporting the Southeast region, including Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Atlanta, and the Gulf Coast. Preferred candidates will be located near a major airport within the Southeast region.
Visa Sponsorship
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Execute on reimbursement, health economics and market access, and value selling strategies to promote growth of the ICTx business.
- Work in partnership with sales and sales leadership to plan and prioritize customer visits to deliver value selling messages.
- Collaborate with HEMA colleagues to provide insight regarding market intelligence and reimbursement trends and inform the development of customer-facing tools, economic models, and other tactical elements of reimbursement to facilitate patient access to BSC technologies.
- Educate and train sales team on health economic tools and messaging via in-person and virtual meetings.
- Develop relationships with physician champions to support interactions with hospital administrators and health plan decision-makers.
- Ensure health economic and value selling methodologies and messages are consistent and compliant with legal and regulatory guidance.
- Provide education and training to healthcare providers, office staff, and sales organization on reimbursement processes, coding requirements, and billing procedures.
- Assist healthcare providers to optimize reimbursement by ensuring accurate documentation and coding practices.
- Assist with appeal and denial management in cases where insurance claims are denied, or coverage is inadequate and help healthcare providers navigate the appeals process.
Required qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience working in the medical device or healthcare industries.
- Knowledge of US health care policy and payment systems, including Medicare and commercial payers, physician, and hospital reimbursement, for inpatient and outpatient sites of service.
- Ability to use financial calculators, excel and PowerPoint to demonstrate how BSC products impact facility economics or healthcare system economically and financially.
- Ability to present complex health economic information to both large and small influential groups in a way that is credible, easy to understand and engages the audience.
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a focus on health policy, health economics, healthcare administration, health services research or similar.
- Ability to communicate and train healthcare providers and sales organization on reimbursement process and provide denial support.
- Field based position with overnight travel estimated up to 50%.
Preferred qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience with Interventional Cardiology services and the associated medical devices
- Experience educating clinicians and facilities on appropriate documentation and billing for first-to-market medical technologies.
- Strong understanding of reimbursement programs such as NTAP/TPT and documentation requirements for products reported under Category III CPT codes.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with ability to develop relationships at all levels in an organization which impact organizational business goals.
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Requisition ID: 607497
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.
Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).
Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).
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