CD: Private Payer Reimbursement                                                      

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Medical device manufacturers need private health plans to provide reimbursement for their products. They should understand who the private payers are and the criteria they use when deciding whether or not to provide reimbursement for specific medical devices.

Recorded on Thursday, July 27, 2007: Compliance-Alliance presented an audio conference on "The Dos and Don'ts of Getting Your Product Reimbursed by Private Payers" featuring former health plan executives, as well as device firm experts, who explained what the private payers are looking for -
  • How much data and supporting information device firms need,
  • What's the best way to deal with private payers, and
  • How they are different from, or the same as, Medicare.

What You Will Learn:
  • How private health plans make their coverage decisions
  • How they make reimbursement decisions
  • The kind of clinical data, evidence, and supporting info they want
  • The best way to access private payers
  • Examples of how different plans operate
  • Whether private plans follow or lead Medicare
  • How their process differs from Medicare

Faculty:
  • Barbara Grenell, PhD, President, Preferred Health Strategies, New York, a national healthcare consulting firm specializing in private payer coverage and reimbursement
  • John Lovett, Jr., Principal, Preferred Health Strategies, formerly senior official with Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New York
  • Michael Bihari, MD, Health Care Consultant and former Medical Director and VP of three different types of managed care organizations -- MD owned, commercial giant, and nonprofit Blues
  • Michael Becker, General Manager, Global Reimbursement, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee
  • Jeff Bush, Director of Corporate Reimbursement, Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ
  • Susan Horn, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, and Vice President, Research for International Severity Information Systems, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Ron Geigle, Polidais, a Washington policy analysis and public affairs firm
  • Stephanie Mensh, Reimbursement Analyst and Advisor
  • Nancy Singer, President, Compliance-Alliance

Cost:

The audio CD plus the conference materials are available for $95. 

For questions about the audio CD, contact
Nan Matthews at nan@themattgrp.com or 1-303-843-6414

For questions about the audio conference contact 
nancy@compliance-alliance.com or 1-703-525-4159