The Payer Exchange
The Payer Exchange
Podcast Description
Unscripted conversations with the people shaping drug pricing, access, and reimbursement around the world.Hosted by Omar Ali, Head of Payers at Verpora, The Payer Exchange brings you honest, off-the-record discussions with payers working at the frontline of healthcare funding. Each episode features a one-to-one conversation with a payer from a different country—exploring local challenges, emerging trends, and contrasting approaches to some of the biggest questions in market access.From horizon scanning to contracting, rare disease to real-world evidence, we ask the same core questions—but get different answers every time.This isn’t a panel. It’s not a pitch. It’s a rare chance to hear what really drives decision-making—direct from those making the decisions.
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The podcast delves into critical themes surrounding global healthcare funding, including horizon scanning, indication-based pricing, and rare diseases. Each episode addresses specific issues faced by payers, such as Italy's approach to rare disease access, Germany's management of obesity drug pricing, and Spain's regulatory reforms in healthcare, highlighting the nuances of how different countries tackle similar challenges.
Unscripted conversations with the people shaping drug pricing, access, and reimbursement around the world.
Hosted by Omar Ali, Head of Payers at Verpora, The Payer Exchange brings you honest, off-the-record discussions with payers working at the frontline of healthcare funding. Each episode features a one-to-one conversation with a payer from a different country—exploring local challenges, emerging trends, and contrasting approaches to some of the biggest questions in market access.
From horizon scanning to contracting, rare disease to real-world evidence, we ask the same core questions—but get different answers every time.
This isn’t a panel. It’s not a pitch. It’s a rare chance to hear what really drives decision-making—direct from those making the decisions.
In this final episode of our first series, I speak with Jaime Espín—health economist, former adviser to the Spanish Ministry of Health, and one of the country’s most recognised payer voices.
We explore the latest regulatory reforms reshaping access in Spain, a move toward greater transparency in payer decision-making, and the country’s experimentation with outcomes-based and staged payment models for innovative medicines.
It’s a compelling look at a system in transition—and a fitting close to a series that’s revealed how differently payers around the world are grappling with shared challenges.
About The Payer Exchange
The Payer Exchange is a podcast where Omar Ali, Head of Payers at Verpora, sits down with payers from around the world to talk candidly about what’s shaping access, value, and decision-making in their markets.
The series covers a range of consistent themes across markets—such as horizon scanning, indication-based pricing, rare diseases, and system sustainability—while also highlighting country-specific dynamics. By asking the same core questions in each conversation, the podcast reveals both common pressures and contrasting approaches across healthcare systems.
The Payer Exchange is designed for professionals working in market access, pricing, policy, and strategy who want a deeper understanding of how payers are approaching the increasingly complex landscape of pharmaceutical innovation.
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