This chapter simplifies the complex multi-payer healthcare reimbursement market and explains how to position your product for successful reimbursement. The best time to bring reimbursement planning into the product development process is discussed here. The U.S. healthcare system is used as a baseline and the healthcare systems of other countries are reviewed briefly. Reimbursement for devices and administered drugs is based on many factors, and this chapter shows the steps a biomedical product company can take to maximize revenues in the US Healthcare system. The basics of reimbursement – coverage, coding, and payment – are explained in simple terms with diagrams. Case studies help show how individual companies have addressed the reimbursement process for novel breakthrough technologies.

Schools are the keepers of personal and sensitive data which is provided at the time of enrolment and entrusted to the school. As the student progresses through his or her academic years, further information and performance data are collected and stored in order to best gauge the position of the student and provide support. Some of this information is for administrative purposes while other data is collected to track achievement or bring attention to a particular area of need. With the convenience and space available for online and cloud storage of student data, teachers have an increased responsibility towards protecting personal information. This information can typically include names, addresses, religious affiliations, nationality, date of birth, behavioural notes and medical information. Photographs, video clips, and online and hard-copy documents used in schools also fit the criteria of personal information (Australian Law Reform Commission, ). Personal information is not limited to students as it can also apply to staff, volunteers, contractors, parents and others who are connected to the school.