Principal Quantitative Researcher, Federal Health Program Implementation and Evaluation
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Principal quantitative researcher leading CMS/CMMI alternative payment model implementation and evaluation. Commence delivers data-driven healthcare solutions for federal agencies.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and execution of implementation, operations, and evaluation tasks for CMS/CMMI alternative payment models
- Translate model design documents and policy goals into operational methodologies and specifications using Medicare, Medicaid, claims, enrollment, programmatic, survey, and census data
- Develop, refine, and implement value-based care methodologies, including participant screening and monitoring, beneficiary attribution, payment mechanisms, benchmarking, financial adjustments, risk adjustment, and quality measures
- Design and execute evaluations using monitoring methodologies, comparison groups, propensity score matching, synthetic controls, difference-in-differences, and event studies
- Partner with economists, data scientists, and engineers to conduct research, create prototypes, and apply ML-based methods on the Commence platform
- Write methodology documents, evaluation reports, and briefings for CMMI model teams
- Turn findings into clear, actionable recommendations
- Design and write technical approaches for CMS/CMMI and other federal agency proposals
- Serve in key project roles
- Mentor junior researchers and analysts
- Manage teams, set priorities, coordinate tasks, engage clients and stakeholders, and ensure high-quality reports and products are delivered on time and within budget
Requirements:
- Ph.D. in economics, health services research, health policy, public health, or a related field with 9+ years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with 13+ years
- Hands-on experience implementing and/or evaluating CMS/CMMI alternative payment models; experience with both is preferred
- Working knowledge of at least two of: participant screening and monitoring, beneficiary attribution, payments and financial incentive design, quality measurement, comparison group design, quasi-experimental evaluation methods (difference in difference, event study); mixed-methods
- Experience with Medicare and/or Medicaid administrative and claims data, including CCW, IDR, or VRDC
- Clear and concise writing for federal audiences
- Proposal-writing experience
- Experience leading main tasks or projects and managing and mentoring staff
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Able to obtain and maintain a CMS-required background investigation (public trust)
- Preferred experience with Databricks or other cloud analytics platforms and Power BI, Tableau, or similar
- Proficiency in SAS, R, Python, or SQL
- Ability to sit, read, work on a computer, and watch a computer screen for extended periods
- Ability to occasionally stand, walk, use hands and fingers, kneel or crouch
Benefits:
- Remote position
- Occasional travel to the Baltimore/Washington, DC area for client meetings, orals, and team events
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Equal employment opportunity and disability accommodation support
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