Medical Cost Containment
Paul Higgs
Chief Veterinary Officer and Internal Medicine Specialist
CVS Vets
Eric Morgen
Co-Founder & COO
BioAge Labs
Dr. Mathias Zadrazil
Chief Compliance Officer EMEA
Zimmer Biomet
Dr. Mathias Zadrazil is Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at Zimmer Biomet in Zug since September 2023. Prior to that, he worked as General Counsel Legal & Compliance International at the US medtech company Cardinal Health. Professional career: Vice President Pharma Law at Novo Nordisk in Copenhagen, before that General Counsel L&C Europe at Novo Nordisk in Zurich. His in-house career started as Legal Counsel in Novartis Pharma AG in Basel; Before that, he was a lawyer at Vischer law firm. Mathias studied at the University of Freiburg (DE), received his doctorate from the University of Lausanne, obtained an LL.M. in Montreal and is admitted to the bar in Switzerland and Germany.
Kersten Schmahl
Senior Director Ethics & Compliance Intercontinental
CSL Behring
Kersten Schmahl is Senior Director Ethics & Compliance Intercontinental at CSL, a global listed biotech company. He previously held various international Ethics & Compliance leadership positions with both listed and privately-held pharmaceutical, biotech and medical technology companies being based in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Kersten graduated from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Leuphana University in Luneburg, Germany. At the latter University, he has teaching assignments for Compliance & Investigations in Corporate Practice since 2009. Kersten is also a standing co-author for the chapter “Compliance in the Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology Industry” in the Handbook of Corporate Legal Management – Manual for Corporate Compliance in Germany.
Helen Aldridge
Chief Integrity and Compliance Officer
VW Passenger Cars
Medical Cost Containment
Payment Integrity
Healthcare Fraud Shield
Website: https://www.hcfraudshield.com/
Healthcare Fraud Shield specializes in fraud, waste, abuse, & error detection and payment integrity for healthcare payers nationally by efficiently stopping claims prior to payment using utilizing post-payment advanced analytics and artificial intelligence insights. We save health plans millions annually incremental to existing pre-payment processes using our unique and proven approach. HCFSPlatform™ offers the combination of targeted rules, artificial intelligence, and shared analytics across multiple payers resulting in higher ROI (up to 20:1) compared to other vendors. HCFSPlatform™ software platform was developed by industry leading healthcare subject matter experts and is a component of over 60+ clients including 7 of the 10 largest commercial insurers in the US. Our client satisfaction rating is exceptional with a net promoter score of 94 and
client retention rate over 95%.
HCFSPlatform™ is a fully integrated platform consisting of PreShield (prepayment analytics & claim review logic), PostShield (post-payment analytics), AIShield (AI-driven analytic insights), RxShield (pharmacy and pharmaceutical specific analytics), Shared Analytics, CaseShield (SIU/PI case management), QueryShield (ad hoc query and reporting tool), HCFSServices (data mining, investigative, and record reviews), and HCFSAudit (Medical Record Review & SVRS).