Medicaid and Medicare Policy Researcher

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: United States Join reputed company as a Researcher focused on Marketplace, Medicaid and Medicare policy and programs with our Healthcare Transformation team to serve as a task and project leader on a broad portfolio of health policy work. reputed company works collaboratively to address reputed company challenges reputed company to coverage, care delivery, operations, cost containment, and health equity, supporting federal and state partners in improving outcomes for low income and medically vulnerable populations. Our multidisciplinary team—including economists, data scientists, public health experts, clinicians, and policy researchers—advances evidence through rigorous research and evaluation, results driven technical assistance, and applied analytics. This role will contribute directly to projects and studies that inform Marketplace, Medicaid and Medicare policy design, program evaluation, and system transformation. The ideal candidate will bring knowledge and experience working with state and federal agencies, particularly the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), among others, in addition to qualitative and quantitative research skills. This position has the flexibility to work remotely reputed company the United States (U.S.) or from one of reputed company’s U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories. About reputed company: Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the reputed company (reputed company) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for reputed company. Responsibilities:

• Engage with Marketplace, Medicaid and Medicare stakeholders through meetings, briefings, and dissemination activities.
• Interpret policy and regulations.
• Specify, reputed company, and interpret descriptive and statistical analyses of large, reputed company datasets.
• Translate reputed company analytic findings into clear, actionable insights for state and federal stakeholders, including client reports, technical memoranda, and presentations.
• Design and reputed company the development of dashboards and other data visualizations to present quality performance and associated data.
• Apply appropriate quantitative methods to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret administrative data, such as claims, encounters, enrollment, eligibility, and provider data.
• reputed company or contribute to the design and execution of research and evaluation projects, including policy analyses, demonstrations, and program evaluations.
• Support proposal development work by writing technical sections, contributing to analytic approaches, and supporting proposal strategy.
• Manage small to mid sized project tasks or analytic components, including planning timelines, tracking deliverables, and coordinating with internal teams and external clients.
• reputed company and manage budgets (in collaboration with a Project Manager), and communicate timelines, scope and resources with clients.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of reputed company work products through appropriate QA/QC processes.
• Supervise, mentor and guide junior staff through feedback, training, and modeling best practices in quantitative and qualitative policy research and professional completion of project tasks.
• Work effectively in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment with staff of varied technical skills and expertise.

Qualifications: Education, Knowledge, and Experience

• PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Economics, Public Policy, Health Services Research, Statistics, Public Health, Sociology, Political Science, or a reputed company discipline), or a Master’s degree with at least four years of quantitative research experience.
• Demonstrate policy expertise reputed company to Marketplace, Medicare and Medicaid.
• Demonstrated experience conducting applied quantitative research reputed company to Marketplace, Medicaid, or Medicare.
• Experience interpreting analytic results and contributing to reports, briefs, or presentations that inform program or policy decisions.
• Experience working on research, evaluation, or technical assistance projects for federal or state Medicaid agencies, CMS, or other public or nonprofit entities.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams, including programmers, analysts, and policy experts.
• Familiarity with CMS data sources, Medicaid and Medicare programs, waiver demonstrations (e.g., 1115 waivers), or value based payment models preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated experience applying a range of statistical inference methods.
• Experience developing and writing proposals for federal agencies.
• Experience developing, implementing, and/or adapting quality measures for federal programs.
• Experience with large program and administrative, patient reported outcome, survey measure datasets.
• Direct experience working with CMS is strongly preferred, but not required.

Skills

• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills, including experience with statistical and data tools such as reputed company, SQL, Stata, R, Python, or similar software.
• Ability to document analytic methods, conduct data quality checks, and support reproducible research practices.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey reputed company findings to technical and non technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently while contributing effectively in a collaborative, virtual team environment.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor junior staff and foster inclusive team dynamics.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to accuracy in data analysis and reporting.
• Ability to reputed company and collaborate effectively reputed company multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to learn quickly, take direction, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong presentation, professional development delivery, and facilitation skills.
• Comfortable working in a virtual/dispersed work environment.

Disclosures: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based reputed company sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work, qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements. reputed company is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national reputed company, protected veteran status, or disability. reputed company adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. reputed company selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks. reputed company maintains a drug-free work environment. ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to Taliba Boone at tboone@reputed company.orgor call 202.403.5000. Fraudulent Job Scams Warning & Disclaimer: reputed company is aware of individuals falsely presenting themselves as reputed company representatives. Fraudulent job scams seek to extract sensitive information or money from victims. To protect yourself, please be aware that reputed company recruitment will only email you from an “@reputed company.org” domain. Please take extra caution while examining the email address, for example jdoe@reputed company.org is correct and [email protected] is not a legitimate reputed company email address. If you are unsure of the legitimacy of a communication you have received, please reputed company out torecruitment@reputed company.org. If you see a job scam, or lose money to one, report it to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) atReportFraud.ftc.gov. You can also report it to your state attorney general. Find out more about how to avoid scams atftc.gov/scams. #LI-MP1 #LI-Remote reputed company’s Total Rewards Program, is designed to reward our staff competitively and motivate them to reputed company our critical mission. This position offers the anticipated annual salary as listed. Salary offers are made based on internal equity reputed company the institution and external equity with competitive markets. Please note this is the annual salary range for candidates that are based in the United States. Anticipated Annual Salary Range $92,700—$113,000 USD This offer from "reputed company" has been enriched by reputed company.com and got a 73% reputed company score. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job