Purpose:
To promote the MedTech industry’s access to funding and reimbursement pathways that enable timely public and private market access.
Objectives:
- Provide effective advice and support to MTAA to achieve the best possible outcomes on Prescribed List Reform and processes, including:
- Responding to consultations, including through the creation of working groups
- Identifying issues and solutions to raise with the government
- Sharing intelligence
- Development of data to support MTAA positions
- Monitor and, where necessary, comment on broader issues related to health policy and market access, potentially including:
- Health Technology Assessment and Medical Services Advisory Committee processes
- Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review or other changes to the MBS which may impact market access issues for the MedTech sector
- Private health insurance/private hospital funding issues, which may impact market access issues for the MedTech sector
- Public hospital funding issues that may impact on market access issues for the MedTech Sector
- Commonwealth or State Government funding programs not mentioned above
- Support the Digital Health Advisory Group on digital health reimbursement issues
MTAA Lead: Paul Dale, Director of Policy
| Name | Position | Company |
| Doug Symonds (Chair) | Senior Manager - Private Reimbursement | Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd |
| Ameera Abdullah | Market Access Lead, APAC | Philips Electronics Australia Limited |
| Anne Rossi | Health Economics & Reimbursement Specialist | EBOS Medical Technology |
| Colman Taylor | Chief Vision Officer | HTANALYSTS |
| Goce Bogeski | Snr Manager - Market Access | Edwards Lifesciences Pty Ltd |
| Heena Vyas | Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist | B. Braun Australia Pty Ltd |
| Hugh Cameron | Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, ANZ | Advita Ortho Aus Pty Ltd |
| Joanne Chang | Reimbursement Associate | Stryker Australia Pty Ltd |
| Maggie Dowrick | Reimbursement Manager (APAC) | Cook Medical Australia Pty Ltd |
| Sebnem Erdol | Head of Market Access Health Economics and Reimbursement | Abbott Medical Australia Pty Ltd |
| Sheryl Dunlop | Market Access Director APAC | Zimmer Biomet Pty Ltd |
| Stephanie Allerdice | Health Economics and Market Access Manager | J&J MedTech |
| Susan McKensey | Market Access Manager | Device Technology Australia Pty Ltd |
| Thuy Le | Market Access & Health Economics Manager | Teleflex Medical Australia Pty Ltd |
| Tracey Dorman | Manager - HEGA | Boston Scientific Pty Ltd |
| Yunika Siantar | Market Access Manager | Smith & Nephew Pty Ltd |