Senior Quantitative Researcher, Federal Health Program Implementation and Evaluation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +25 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement tasks related to the execution, operations, and assessment of CMS/CMMI alternative payment models.

• Convert model design documents and policy objectives into operational techniques and specifications.

• Utilize Medicare and Medicaid claims, enrollment, programmatic, survey, and census information.

• Create, enhance, and execute methodologies for value-based care.

• Perform activities related to participant screening and monitoring, beneficiary attribution, payment systems, benchmarking, financial adjustments, risk adjustment, as well as quality-measure selection and scoring.

• Design and execute evaluations utilizing monitoring techniques, comparison groups, propensity score matching, synthetic controls, difference-in-differences, and event studies.

• Collaborate with economists, data scientists, and engineers to carry out research and develop prototypes.

• Implement machine-learning techniques on the Commence platform.

• Prepare methodology documents, evaluation reports, federal briefings, and practical recommendations.

• Create and draft technical approaches for CMS/CMMI and other federal agency proposals.

• Take on significant project responsibilities and guide junior researchers and analysts.

• Oversee teams, prioritize tasks, coordinate activities, engage with clients and stakeholders, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality reports and products within budget.

⛳️ Requirements

• Ph.D. in economics, health services research, health policy, public health, or a related discipline with over 4 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with more than 8 years of experience.

• Practical experience in implementing and/or evaluating CMS/CMMI alternative payment models.

• Preference for candidates with experience in both implementation and evaluation.

• Familiarity with at least two of the following: participant screening and monitoring, beneficiary attribution, payment and financial incentive design, quality measurement, comparison group design, and quasi-experimental evaluation techniques.

• Experience with Medicare and/or Medicaid administrative and claims data, including CCW, IDR, or VRDC.

• Ability to write clearly and concisely for federal audiences.

• Experience in proposal writing.

• Preference for experience with Databricks or other cloud analytics platforms, as well as Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.

• Proficiency in SAS, R, Python, or SQL.

• Authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

• Capacity to obtain and maintain a CMS-required background investigation (public trust).

• Ability to sit, read, work on a computer, and view a computer screen for extended durations.

• Capability to occasionally stand, walk, use hands and fingers, kneel, or crouch.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Occasional travel to the Baltimore/Washington, DC area for client meetings, presentations, and team events.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunities and nondiscrimination.

• Extended hours may be necessary around proposal deadlines and critical deliverables.