Lance Thrash
About Lance Thrash
Lance Thrash is the VP of Market Access and Reimbursement at Cleerly in New York, with over 20 years of experience in healthcare economics and reimbursement.
Current Role and Responsibilities
Lance Thrash is currently the VP of Market Access and Reimbursement at Cleerly, based in New York, New York. In this role, he utilizes his extensive background in healthcare economics and reimbursement to drive strategic market access initiatives. His responsibilities likely include overseeing reimbursement strategies, optimizing healthcare economics, and ensuring market access for the company’s products.
Career at Aerin Medical
From 2020 to 2022, Lance Thrash served as the Vice President of Reimbursement and Health Economics at Aerin Medical, located in Atlanta, Georgia. During his two-year tenure, he was responsible for guiding reimbursement strategies and healthcare economic analyses to support the company’s medical technologies. His role was critical in ensuring that Aerin Medical's products were accessible and covered by healthcare payers.
Experience at Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Lance Thrash worked at Merit Medical Systems, Inc. in various leadership capacities. From 2019 to 2020, he was the Vice President of Healthcare Economics and Reimbursement in Greater Atlanta Area. Prior to that, from 2018 to 2019, he served as the Senior Director of Healthcare Economics and Reimbursement in South Jordan, UT. Across these roles, he was instrumental in developing and implementing reimbursement strategies to improve product marketability and access.
Leadership Role at Vascular Insights, LLC
Lance Thrash held senior leadership roles at Vascular Insights, LLC, where he was the Senior Director of Healthcare Economics and Reimbursement from 2015 to 2018, and the Director from 2014 to 2015. Based in Greater Atlanta Area, he led initiatives to optimize healthcare economics and reimbursement strategies, ensuring the company's products were effectively positioned in the market.
Educational Background and Early Career
Lance Thrash graduated from Jacksonville State University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. He began his career in healthcare economics and reimbursement with roles such as Managed Care Executive at TAP Pharmaceuticals from 2003 to 2005. Following that, he worked at Conceptus as Senior Regional Payer Relations Manager from 2005 to 2011, and as Market Access Manager at Acclarent from 2011 to 2014.