Understanding Key Payers within the US Healthcare System: Fundamentals of Reimbursement & Health Economics and Outcomes Research

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Presenter: Dr. Renée Arnold

Join presenter Dr. Renée Arnold as she walks through Reimbursement and Health Economics and Outcomes Research as evidence development. This webinar aims to provide a basic understanding of the structure of the US Healthcare System and components of reimbursement and to convey how evidence development support reimbursement. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of why and how reimbursement guides product development and ultimately which products eventually reach market.

Webinar presented on February 18, 2022 to an invited audience.

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Chapters

0:00
Reimbursement 101 Training: Introductory Topics
1:45
Objectives
2:00
Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) as Evidence Development
7:58
Overview of the US Healthcare System Macrolevel US Healthcare Cost Trends
10:00
Payers of Interest
11:00
Introduction to Medicare
14:55
Current Medicare Molecular Diagnostics (MoIDx) Landscape
16:40
Current Medicare Durable Medical Equipment (DME) MAC Landscape
17:00
Introduction to Medicaid
20:15
Introduction to the Commercial Payer Market
21:23
Introduction to the Top 25 Commercial Payer Market
25:47
Regulatory Requirements in Reimbursement DME
25:53
DME – Coding Dynamics
29:16
Impact of Regulatory Pathway on Reimbursement
30:18
Reimbursement Codes – Introduction to Coded and Overview of Key Systems
31:37
HCPCS Coding Systems
32:15
Categories of CPT Codes
33:57
Introduction to Providers and Settings of Care – Facility & Non-Facility Definition
33:49
Reimbursement Mechanisms by Setting of Care
36:31
Interplay of Reimbursement Components
36:45
Market Access Cascade
38:00
Clinical Utility
39:36
Components of a Successful Reimbursement Strategy
41:36
Multiple Factors Influence Payer Coverage Decisions
42:45
Introduction to Payer Coverage Policies – Medical Benefit
43:54
Interpretation of Payer Coverage Policies
44:26
Introduction to Payment & Medicare Fee Schedules
45:13
Summary of Medicare Telemedicine Services
55:13
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This research was, in part, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Agreement OT2 HL157844-01. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the NIH.