John Carlsen BA, MHA

John Carlsen has more than 15 years of experience with coding, coverage, and reimbursement issues in various settings of care. Mr. Carlsen specializes in assessing the impact of changes to Medicare and managed care payment systems on the reimbursement of drugs, biologics, and devices, and has collaborated with multiple manufacturers on market access strategy projects in a variety of therapeutic areas. He closely follows the latest health care policy developments and, most recently, has worked with numerous clients in the areas of biosimilars, Medicare drug payment policy, health care reform, ACOs and bundled payments, the 340B drug pricing program, off-label coverage and compendia, and ICD-10 implementation.

Prior to joining Covance, Mr. Carlsen worked at the Ohio State University (OSU) Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, where he focused on financial management and medical information management issues. Mr. Carlsen received an M.H.A. from OSU’s Graduate Program in Health Services Management and Policy, and a B.A. in Economics with minors in Business and Psychology from Duke University.