Welcome Chris Salmen

Christopher is a skilled market access strategy and reimbursement professional who leverages his unique blend of medical device, diagnostic and digital health experience to advise clients on their go-to-market strategy. Christopher collaborates with clients pursuing Medicare coding, coverage and payment of their groundbreaking healthcare solutions and services, including diagnostic tests and medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies, remote monitoring tools and other innovative health services. Prior to joining McDermottPlus, Christopher was a market access executive at several medical technology companies and a medical device contract research organization. Christopher holds a Master of Business and Science degree from the Keck Graduate Institute.

Deborah advises clients on reimbursement and policy strategy for medical products and health services with public and private payers, including managed care organizations. She has over fifteen years of experience providing strategic, operational and policy consultative services to national health plans, Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations. Deborah offers clients the ability to analyze and manipulate reimbursement databases to buttress data-oriented policy positions. Prior to McDermottPlus, Deborah held a senior leadership position at a health technology company focused in the benefits industry. She led the business development and client relationship management team, driving the growth of partnerships and retention of marquis clients. She held a position as a manager at a consulting firm where she consulted on corporate and product strategy for health plans launching new products in the private sector. Deborah also worked at a healthcare policy and research consulting firm, building economic models and analyzing data to assess the effectiveness of federal and state health programs.