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Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Franchise Lead - Health Economics & Reimbursement

Marketing Generalist & ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$129.3k - $258.7k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
  • At least 10 years of experience, or 8 years with an advanced degree, is required.
  • Progressively advancing experience of 8 or more years in service line administration or C-suite work in a hospital, physician practice, or payer setting; health economics and outcomes research; or industry reimbursement and health care economics is preferred.
  • A thorough understanding of U.S. public and commercial payer models and reimbursement concepts, including coverage, coding, and payment, is preferred.
  • Experience in health policy, health economics, medical device reimbursement, technology assessment, or health care research is preferred.
  • Understanding medical and clinical research methods and publication interpretation, and the ability to use evidence to support a value proposition, is preferred.
  • Experience in medical device reimbursement, specifically structural heart or cardiovascular diseases, is preferred.
  • Understanding reimbursement and payment models for major countries outside the United States, especially Europe, Japan, China, and India, is preferred.
  • Experience implementing programs outside direct reporting relationships and working across a matrix organization with various stakeholders is preferred.
  • The ability to communicate complex information concisely and impactfully to internal and external customers and stakeholders is preferred.
  • Business acumen, organizational and strategic agility, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to anticipate needs and projects are preferred.
  • The ability to solve highly complex issues by critically assessing potential impact on multiple interested parties is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Develop value stories for new products with the Abbott Structural Heart business, including evidence-gap analyses and opportunities to generate meaningful evidence.
  • Inform and shape opinion regarding the value of company products within the health community.
  • Manage deliverables such as reimbursement dossiers, tools and resources, reimbursement landscape analyses, and consultant-driven research projects.
  • Monitor the external environment, customers, and competitors to identify opportunities to protect and improve value capture.
  • Participate in regular internal platform meetings to influence and provide recommendations.
  • Develop and implement health economics and reimbursement strategies to support cross-functional teams.
  • Communicate Abbott value messaging and reimbursement and coverage strategies, applying an understanding of physicians, business and practice managers, payers, and their decision-making systems.
  • Present health economics and reimbursement issues to diverse audiences, including C-suite executives, physicians, and service line administrators.
  • Develop health care economics and reimbursement education programs for internal stakeholders, including sales and sales management, and external stakeholders, including hospitals, physicians, and payers.
  • Keep the commercial organization and other internal functions informed about the potential impact of health policy and macroeconomic changes, including digital health initiatives, comparative effectiveness, and health technology assessment.
  • Provide information on economic buyer and commercial payer issues related to reimbursement, coverage, prior authorization, benefit management companies, and medical policy analysis for Abbott Structural Heart product portfolios.
  • Monitor changes in the external environment, including regulatory and reimbursement changes and managed care arrangements, and advise senior management on threats and opportunities with suggested action plans.
  • Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
  • Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with employees at all levels, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

About the Company

Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Abbott makes medical devices, diagnostic tests, nutrition products and branded generic drugs for hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and patients. Its best-known product is the FreeStyle Libre, a coin-sized sensor worn on the upper arm that tracks blood sugar around the clock without routine finger pricks. Its other lines run from heart valves, pacemakers and brain stimulators to lab analyzers, rapid tests and mail-in colon cancer screening kits, and Abbott earns money by selling these products to health systems, labs, retailers and consumers. The company was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Abbott Park, IL
Founded
1888

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