Senior Researcher, Quality Measures

PhD in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Health, or a related quantitative field with 3+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience. 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. Ability to review and assess analytic code written in R, Python, SQL, and/or Stata, and to analyze quantitative data. Direct experience working with CMS is strongly preferred, but not required.

Lead and support the development, adaptation, and implementation of quality measures. Support the development and documentation of measure specifications. Specify, oversee, and interpret descriptive and statistical analyses of large, complex datasets. Interpret relevant health policy and regulations. Design and oversee methodologies for scoring Alternative Payment Model (APM) participants and adjusting payments using quality measures, including the development of benchmarks. Clearly communicate methods, findings, and implications to both technical and nontechnical policy audiences. Author technical reports, memoranda, and supporting documentation. Design and oversee the development of dashboards and other data visualizations to present quality performance and related data. Develop and manage project budgets, in collaboration with a Project Manager, and communicate timelines, scope, and resource needs to clients. Ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of all work products through appropriate quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) processes. Supervise and mentor research staff in project task completion and professional development. Work effectively in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment with staff of varied technical skills and expertise. Contribute to and lead proposal development activities.