Mike Sanchez is a Reimbursement Advisor at Boston Scientific CRM in St. Paul. Mike has 16 years experience in healthcare including 11 years within the cardiac medical device industry with more than 6 years specifically in clinical trial reimbursement policy. His area of expertise includes Medicare requirements for the appropriate coverage, coding, and payment of Category-B investigational device exemptions (IDE). Since 2001, Mike has implemented reimbursement strategies and delivered center training for numerous investigational device studies including the COMPANION and MADIT-CRT trials. More recently, he has lead Boston Scientific's efforts in the analysis and public comments on CMS' revisions to the National Clinical Research Policy. Mike holds a M.A. in Management from The College of St. Scholastica and is a Certified Coding Associate(CCA) through AHIMA.