Health Economist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and implement economic and quantitative analyses related to Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, coverage continuity, utilization, access, expenditure, incentives, program performance, and operational impacts.

• Utilize econometric, forecasting, simulation, and evaluation techniques to guide policy and decision-making.

• Analyze the implications of H.R. 1, work and community engagement requirements, and other modifications to Medicaid policy.

• Formulate scenarios and analytical strategies for implementation planning, monitoring, and evaluation.

• Assess Medicaid program integrity initiatives, focusing on fraud, waste, abuse, payment integrity, improper payment risks, financial consequences, savings, and unintended effects.

• Construct econometric models, forecasts, scenario analyses, program evaluations, and quantitative methods using Medicaid claims, encounter, eligibility, enrollment, provider, financial, demographic, and operational data.

• Record methods, assumptions, limitations, uncertainties, and policy implications.

• Organize client inquiries, develop analytical strategies and work plans, lead workstreams and project teams, and ensure analytical quality.

• Interact directly with senior Medicaid and government officials.

• Convert findings into reports, presentations, policy briefs, and actionable recommendations.

• Collaborate across various disciplines, mentor junior staff, contribute to proposals and new client opportunities, and support the growth of Medicaid services.

⛳️ Requirements

• PhD in economics, health economics, health services research, public policy, or a closely related quantitative field with significant training in economics, econometrics, and quantitative research methodologies.

• Minimum of five years of pertinent experience applying health economics, Medicaid policy analysis, quantitative policy research, program evaluation, healthcare analytics, or similar methods to real-world healthcare issues.

• Advanced understanding of econometrics and quantitative research techniques.

• Proven experience in forecasting, simulation, economic modeling, causal inference, program evaluation, or scenario analysis.

• High level of proficiency with R, Stata, SAS, Python, or similar technologies.

• Experience handling large and intricate healthcare or administrative datasets.

• Background in analyzing healthcare claims, eligibility, enrollment, utilization, provider, financial, demographic, or related data.

• Strong familiarity with Medicaid policy and program operations.

• Capability to independently manage complex analytical tasks, exercise methodological judgment, supervise analysts or technical staff, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation capabilities.

• Ability to manage sensitive Medicaid, provider, and beneficiary information, including PII and PHI, while complying with privacy, security, confidentiality, and HIPAA regulations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus based on company and personal performance.

• Benefits that promote physical, mental, career, social, and financial well-being.

• Reasonable accommodations for the application, interview, and job performance processes.

• A culture focused on learning, development, and well-being.