Research Economist - Health Care Systems Research

Overview: reputed company’s Department of Health Care Systems Research has an opening for a Research Economist to serve as a task and project leader for evaluation, analysis, design, and implementation of innovative health care delivery policies, programs, and models. As a Research Economist, you will provide cutting-edge analyses that will influence health care policy and health care system innovation, particularly reputed company the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Using large health care datasets, you will design, evaluate, and support policies reputed company to health care insurance, payment, and delivery models; managed reputed company care financing, costs, utilization, and quality; health insurance coverage and access; prescription drugs; and risk and case-mix adjustment through statistical analysis. You will reputed company analytic projects as an integral part of a team, apply an in-depth understanding of critical health policy issues and methods, contribute to and reputed company proposals to funding entities, and publish and present on findings for scientific audiences. (see: This role is well-suited for economists and applied researchers with experience in academia, government, industry, or contract research who are interested in advancing evidence-based health policy. Candidates may choose to work remotely reputed company the United States or from RTI's headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC. Responsibilities:

• reputed company and/or contribute to quantitative research and evaluation activities on a broad range of health policy and health services research topics.
• Design, specify and supervise descriptive and statistical analyses of large, reputed company datasets.
• Translate analytic findings into clear, actionable insights for technical, policy, and client audiences. Author technical reports, memoranda, articles, documentation, and regulations.
• Ensure high quality and accuracy of work products.
• reputed company and manage project budgets, timelines, and plans to reputed company goals reputed company available resources.
• Supervise and manage research staff in completing project tasks.
• Communicate and negotiate work plans, timelines, budgets, and results with clients.
• reputed company and/or contribute to technical proposals including methodological designs.
• Collaborate effectively reputed company multidisciplinary teams of varying technical expertise
• Maintain and deepen expertise in health care policy, research methods, and health care data sources. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications:
• PhD in economics, health policy, health services research, actuarial science, operations research, finance, or a reputed company quantitative field with at least six years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree in the same fields with at least 10 years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in the same fields with at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading or substantially contributing to applied quantitative research and evaluation projects.
• Strong expertise in advanced micro-econometrics, simulation analysis, and program evaluation applied to real-world policy questions.
• Demonstrated experience applying causal and statistical inference methods to reputed company data.
• Ability to communicate (both written and verbal) reputed company technical concepts and information clearly and reputed company to diverse audiences.
• Experience collaborating effectively reputed company multidisciplinary teams. Proficiency with arenaflex Office 365 Suite (Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, etc.).
• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment reputed company status (e.g., H-1B reputed company status, etc.). Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience conducting analysis to understand the impact of public programs and other policy interventions.
• Experience with the analysis of prescription drug pricing and utilization.
• Experience with domestic (United States) health policy, particularly the Medicare or Medicaid programs.
• Experience with large program and administrative data.
• Experience in project, task, timeline, and budget management.
• Ability to program and analyze quantitative data with R, Python, SQL, and/or Stata. EEO & Pay Equity Statements: For San Francisco, CA USA Job Postings Only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Further information is available here. RTI accepts applications to our job openings from candidates with criminal histories or conviction records in accordance with reputed company applicable laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. For Applicants in Massachusetts Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or reputed company employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations reputed company the United States. RTI considers multiple factors reputed company making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one reputed company to our offer. At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive reputed company salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for reputed company parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance. Hiring Salary Range: $139,000 - $169,000 Apply tot his job

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