Sr. Reimbursement Analyst
About The Position
Medtronic Neuroscience, specifically the Health Economics, Policy, and Reimbursement (HEPR) team, is seeking a Senior Reimbursement Analyst to support patient access to Pain Interventions therapies. This role involves working with a diverse portfolio of products, from new market entries to legacy products, and adapting to evolving payer requirements. The analyst will collaborate with internal teams, including product development, patient access support, field health economics, and sales, to identify and resolve reimbursement-related market access barriers. A key aspect of this role is translating complex technical information into clear, actionable insights tailored to various audiences. The Senior Reimbursement Analyst will report to the Global Program Senior Director for the Pain Interventions business and will work independently and collaboratively within the HEPR team and cross-functionally to ensure patient access to Medtronic therapies throughout the product lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in health policy, health services, health economics, epidemiology, public administration, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in medical device or pharmaceutical reimbursement, health economics, healthcare coding, market access, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of US reimbursement processes, coding, coverage, payment, and payer/provider dynamics.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information and translate technical or specialized content into clear, concise, and actionable information for non-experts.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy, consistency, and quality.
- Ability to prioritize and manage simultaneous projects, while exercising independent decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.
- Familiarity with approved AI tools, automation, and digital productivity technologies, with the judgment to validate outputs and use these tools responsibly and compliantly.
- Comfortable working virtually via use of collaboration tools.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting products or therapies at different stages of commercialization, including new-product launch, market development, and legacy-product optimization, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support new-product market entry and legacy-product optimization by assessing reimbursement needs, risks, opportunities, and priorities based on each product’s market-access maturity.
- Provide reimbursement-related advice to product development, marketing, sales, regulatory, clinical, and business teams, including input on product strategy, indication expansion, evidence needs, and launch readiness.
- Evaluate the reimbursement environment in the United States and relevant global geographies to support new product development, product launches, indication expansions, and ongoing portfolio management.
- Work closely with HEPR colleagues to identify and address coding, coverage, and payment issues, and provide timely support to internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Conduct periodic analyses of Medicare regulations, commercial payer policies, coding developments, and other reimbursement changes; communicate implications and recommended actions clearly to the appropriate audiences.
- Assist with developing strategies and draft comments for advocacy with CMS and commercial payers, as appropriate, and identify opportunities to enhance payment and access for Pain Interventions therapies.
- Create and deliver training and education for sales representatives, physicians, case managers, medical directors, billing personnel, and other stakeholders, adapting the level of detail and format to the audience at hand.
- Translate complex clinical, technical, coding, coverage, and payment information into clear, accurate, and actionable content for non-experts and cross-functional partners.
- Design and implement internal and external reimbursement communications, tools, resources, and content guided by the Medtronic brand and overall business strategy.
- Use approved AI-enabled tools and automation capabilities to improve research, synthesis, drafting, workflow efficiency, and consistency, while applying sound judgment, protecting confidential information, validating outputs, and complying with applicable policies and regulations.
- Maintain a high level of attention to detail when reviewing reimbursement information, data, policies, communications, and deliverables.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
