The role
State Consultant, Market Access and Government Engagement
The firm is delivering a national and multi-state programme of work on patient access to specialty therapies within publicly funded health insurance. Each position covers one state. You will be the firm's presence in that state. You will build and hold the working relationships, supply the state-specific information the technical work depends on, carry the evidence to clinical and official stakeholders, and keep a complete record of everything done.
- Provide current information on the state public health insurance schemes. Benefit structure, reimbursement rates and benchmarks, pre-authorisation and documentation requirements, revision and budget cycles.
- Act as the firm's representative in the state. Map its institutions, officials and decision points, and work to an engagement plan approved before any contact is made.
- Convene, facilitate and document one formal state technical consultation, bringing specialist clinicians from government medical colleges and public hospitals together with scheme administrators.
- Assemble the technical documentation required by the state health departments, support its submission, and follow its progress to the level at which it is considered.
- Present the technical evidence to the state medical and technical advisory committees and answer the queries they raise.
- Engagement
- Full time/Part time. Duration – Six months (Extendable)
- Experience
- 5 to 7 years
- Work pattern
- Home based, with travel within the state and occasional travel to Delhi
- Reports to
- Manager, Health Policy and Market Access (National)