Health Economics and Outcomes Research with James Hasegawa

"Don't be afraid to try new things" - James Hasegawa This is a special episode in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) with James Hasegawa. James is a director at Abbott and is responsible for HEOR projects. In this episode, James shares insights on how healthcare reimbursement works as it related to clinical trials. We also dig into the world of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) groups and what it takes to model reimbursement for a medical product. If you're interested in breaking from the silos of clinical research and learn about important adjacent functions such as HEOR, this episode is for you. Do you have a topic idea for my next podcast episode? If so, leave me your suggestion is the comments section below. Listen to it on iTunes.Stream by clicking here.Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing "save as."

Selected Links from the Episode

• Connect with James

LinkedIn

• Medicare
• International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (IPSOR)
• BIO conference
• Stanford Biodesign Program
• Centre for Health Economics at University of York
• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• What is a MAC?
• Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Books Mentioned:

• Leading at Mach 2 by Steve Sullivan
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies by Paul G. Yock and Stefanos Zenios
• Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes (Oxford Medical Publications) by Michael F. Drummond,‎ Mark J. Sculpher,‎ Karl Claxton,‎ Greg L. Stoddart,‎ George W. Torrance

Show Notes:

• What is Health Economics [01:52]
• James's personal story: career path to HEOR [06:09]
• Daily routine of HEOR professionals [13:26]
• NICE and other HTA [14:30]
• HTA in the United States [15:15]
• HTA vs. MAC [16:30]
• The future of HEOR [18:59]
• Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) [19:58]
• Economic value and what should a medical product start-up do? [24:17]
• How to find HEOR consultants [25:00]
• Qualities of HEOR people [28:06]
• Health economic model: how to make one? [28:57]
• Working with Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) [31:38]
• The future of HEOR (continued) [33:20]
• On Big Data [34:57]
• Leveraging HEOR data in countries such as US and Japan [36:52]
• How does HTA function in the US [38:26]
• Resources and guidance documents on HTAs [40:23]
• HTA review process in Japan [43:30]
• Trick to learning other therapeutic areas [47:55]

What was most useful for you in this episode? Leave me a comment below and thanks for listening.