HEALTH ECONOMICS AND POLICY ADVISORY
Established in 2021, Zeumed is a health economics and policy consulting company specialising in advising governments and payers. Our work supports those responsible for allocating budgets, designing reimbursement mechanisms and ensuring long term stability.
Our expertise includes health financing reform, econometric modelling, cost-benefit analysis, health investment opportunities, and health policy evaluation.
Zeumed translates complex economic concepts into actionable insights for decision-makers in healthcare through a structured and targeted approach. Our services include:
Health Economic
Analysis
We build economic models for funding and reimbursement decisions. These go beyond traditional Health Technology Assessment, using modern frameworks that reflect value across the entire ecosystem.
Digital Health
Alignment
We assess the value of technologies that enable care delivery, from clinical decision tools to service coordination platforms. We focus on system fit, operational impact, and long-term value for payers and providers.
Strategic Health
Financing
We advise payers on how to design financing systems that improve sustainability, accountability, and value. Our work spans medium and long-term fiscal strategy, grounded in real-world system priorities.
Market Entry and Service Integration
We support payers in evaluating when and how new services or technologies should be introduced into publicly funded systems. This includes defining entry criteria, structuring reimbursement pathways, and identifying early indicators of value or risk.
Indicator Development and Negotiation Support
We support pricing and reimbursement negotiations by validating evidence, building valuation models, and testing financial scenarios. Our focus is on aligning terms with system value, not just clinical outcomes.
Investment
Reviews
We support ministries and insurers by reviewing major spending proposals — including capital investment for reform, and new benefits.
Our approach considers the wider economic impact of these investments, not just their effects within the health sector.
We work with
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Departments of Health – Operational Policy and System Management
Ministries of Health – Strategic and Political Leadership
Public and Private Health Insurers
International and Donor Agencies
Health System Regulators
Government Investment and Oversight Bodies
Available Services
Founder and CEO
Dr Fiona Kiernan
Zeumed was established to address some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges. As a former senior doctor with 17 years of clinical experience and a PhD in Economics, I’ve always been driven by the intersection of health and economics—how policy, funding, and innovation come together to shape the care people receive.
My career has taken me across Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland, working in diverse healthcare systems and markets. Alongside my deep academic expertise, I bring significant commercial acumen, having advised global healthcare payers, life sciences companies, and ministries of health on pragmatic, real-world solutions to complex problems. This balance of academic rigor and commercial insight ensures that my recommendations are both evidence-based and actionable. My work has been featured in peer-reviewed journals, health industry magazines, industry podcasts, and national media.
