Policy Reporter
Heidi Andersen Barnes, MBA has over 20 years of diverse work experience in various roles. Currently, they serve as the Senior Vice President of Operations at Policy Reporter. Prior to this, they worked at TrialCard, where they held several positions, including Women's Development Program Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member, Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Senior Director of Strategic Accounts, Senior Director of Virtual Engagement, Director of Client Services, Associate Director of Program Management, and Senior Project Manager. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Project Manager at Standard Chartered Bank and also served as a Consultant and Project Manager for private clients. Heidi Andersen has also held positions at Rasmussen & Simonsen International Pte Ltd, Tripoint Corporation (Singapore) Pte Ltd, du, PeopleSoft Asia Private Limited, Singapore, mPower Advisors LLC, and BEA Systems Incorporated. Heidi Andersen Barnes has a strong background in operations, account management, program management, project management, and consulting.
Heidi Andersen Barnes, MBA, has a diverse education history spanning multiple fields of study. Heidi Andersen completed their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration (Executive) at the University of Hull in 2010. Prior to their MBA, Heidi earned a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing Communications Management from the Asia Pacific Management Institute in Singapore from 2008 to 2009.
In 1995, Heidi began their undergraduate studies at California State University - East Bay, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business Administration in 2000. During their undergraduate studies, they also obtained a Certificate in Advanced Technical Writing from Stanford University in 1999.
In addition to their formal degrees, Heidi has obtained certifications in other areas. In 2009, they became a Project Management Professional through the Project Management Institute. Most recently, in March 2023, they achieved WSET Level 2 certification in Wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Policy Reporter
Policy Reporter by Mercalis is an industry-leading service that provides business intelligence to the medical industry. Our objective is to improve the way the medical industry receives, processes, and acts on healthcare policy developments by providing access to the very latest payer coverage data. Policy Reporter leverages its proprietary software to track medical, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical policy updates as they happen, all across the United States. No other consultancy or company exclusively serves the market access industry the way we do. Our automated, real-time approach to tracking policy changes combined with the depth of our expertise provides our customers with an invaluable market access resource. Subscribers to Policy Reporter Can: • Receive live payer policy alerts. • Track medical policies, pharmacy policies, formularies, billing guidelines, and other key documents. • Access payer policy documents in a central database. • Analyze coverage for their product and competing products through dynamic reporting and analysis tools. • Research key payer data including payer contacts, covered lives, contractual relations, and more to optimize their market access strategy.