Peggy Dotson began her career as a critical care nurse (9 years) then transitioned into the healthcare medical device industry with Bristol-Myers Squibb (23 years) in varying roles including sales, marketing, business development, worldwide market planning and reimbursement. In 2003, Peggy started her own business, Healthcare Reimbursement Strategy, which evaluates healthcare policy, coverage and reimbursement and related market issues. She provides insight on the dynamics of the healthcare system and develops the most advantageous strategy to obtain coverage, coding and payment for products and services. She identifies opportunities or gaps in the available and future evidence-based data to enhance strategic product development and / or to accelerate market entry. Her affiliations include; board member of the National Association of Subacute and Post Acute Care (NASPAC) since 1998, member of the Government & Regulatory Public Policy Task Force, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) since 2002, past member of the Medicare Payment Policy Working Group (AdvaMed), and member of the Women Business Leaders in Healthcare (WBL) since 2001. She helped co-found the Coalition of Wound Care Manufacturers (CWCM) and functioned as Co-Chair from 1999 to through mid 2003. |