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Blog on Medicare, Medicaid, pharma, biotech, health reform, and more. Insights and resources on hot issues. Kip Piper, editor.
Health care strategist, speaker, and writer. Expert on Medicare, Medicaid, and pharma, biotech, and device industries. President, Health Results Group LLC. Senior Counselor, Fleishman-Hillard. Senior Consultant, Sellers Dorsey. Visit KipPiper.com. Or email Kip here.
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April 2007
posted: April 16, 2007

Case%20for%20Product%20Reimbursement.jpgAs they move corporate resources from sales to R&D; and attempt to adapt to new business dynamics, pharma and biotech companies must become far smarter in building the case for coverage and reimbursement. Increasingly, drug makers are understanding the need to build the case early in drug discovery and development, demonstrate the value proposition, and effectively communicate - or even partner - with payors (health plans, drug plans, PBMs) and purchasers (Medicare, Medicaid, employers).


To learn more, please listen to Mark Senak's latest podcast. In it, I briefly explain the need to build value-driven, payor-friendly cases for drug coverage and reimbursement and to do so early.


Eye on FDA is Mark Senak's popular blog on drug industry regulation, the FDA, and strategic communications strategies. In addition to providing thoughtful analyses and useful resources in his blog, Mark also podcasts interviews with industry executives, FDA officials, and top thought leaders.

Consider This
In ancient China, physicians were paid only when their patients were kept well and often not paid if the patient got sick. If a patient died, a special lantern was hung outside the doctor's house. Upon each death, another lantern was added. This is the first known use of the two most powerful drivers for health care performance - incentives and transparency.
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President of Health Results Group LLC. Senior counselor with Fleishman-Hillard, the top public relations and communications consultancy. Senior consultant with Sellers Dorsey, influential Medicaid and health reform consultancy. Senior counselor, TogoRun, leading advisors in health care public affairs.

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Leading authority on Medicare, Medicaid, and health reform. Specialist in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and health plan industry issues. Policy, finance, coverage, reimbursement, health and drug benefits, marketing, business development, innovation, and public affairs.

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Popular speaker at health industry conferences. Topics include Medicare, pharma business issues, Medicaid reform, coverage and reimbursement, and health innovation. Keynotes, seminars, and briefings.

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Testified before Congressional committees, negotiated major legislation, led groundbreaking programs, and designed and implemented numerous health innovations.

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Editor of the Piper Report, a leading health care blog with thousands of regular readers. Medicare, Medicaid, pharma, biotech, and more. News, advice, solutions, and resources.

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Upcoming books include Medicare and Medicaid from A to Z and MediStrategy: Medicare and Medicaid Business Strategies.

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Business and policy editor of American Health & Drug Benefits, peer reviewed journal for decision makers in health plans, drug plans, PBMs, CMS, states, and large employers, with circulation of 30,000.

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