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 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
Member Name | Position | Company |
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Doug Symonds (Chair) | Senior Manager - Private Reimbursement | Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd |
Sheryl Dunlop | Market Access Director APAC | Zimmer Biomet Pty Ltd |
Anne Rossi | Health Economics & Reimbursement Specialist | LifeHealthcare Distribution Pty Ltd |
Tracey Doman | HEGA Manager | Boston Scientific Pty Ltd |
Colman Taylor | Chief Vision Officer | HTAnalysts |
Dominic Langford | Commercial Director | Evolution Surgical Pty Ltd |
Maggie Dowrick | Reimbursement Manager (APAC) | Cook Medical Australia Pty Ltd |
Yunika Siantar | Market Access Manager | Smith & Nephew Pty Ltd |
Neerja Srinivasan | Senior Manager, Market Access | Edwards Lifesciences Pty Ltd |
Sebnem Erdol | Head of Market Access Health Economics and Reimbursement | Abbott Medical Australia Pty Ltd |
Michael Reynolds | Director Healthcare Economics & Advocacy | BIOTRONIK Australia Pty Ltd |
Heena Vyas | Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist | B. Braun Australia Pty Ltd |
Susan McKensey | Market Access Manager – da Vinci Surgery | Device Technology Australia Pty Ltd |
Joanne Chang | Reimbursement Associate | Stryker Australia Pty Ltd |
Michelle Costa | Senior Director Asia Pacific Health Economics Market Access | Johnson &Johnson MedTech |