Medicaid Researcher
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Work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of AIR’s U.S. office locationsFull-TimeSenior
Salary96,100 - 128,100 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- Master’s degree with at least four years of quantitative research experience
- Required Skills
- PythonSQLData AnalysisR
Requirements
- PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Economics, Public Policy, Health Services Research, Statistics, Public Health, Sociology, Political Science) OR Master’s degree with at least four years of quantitative research experience.
- Demonstrated experience conducting applied quantitative research related to Medicaid, public insurance, or safety-net health programs.
- Experience working with large-scale administrative health data, particularly Medicaid claims, encounters, enrollment, eligibility, or provider files.
- Experience interpreting analytic results and contributing to reports, briefs, or presentations that inform Medicaid 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.
- Proficiency in statistical and data tools such as SAS, SQL, Stata, R, Python, or similar software.
- Strong understanding of Medicaid data structures, program rules, and policy context.
- Ability to document analytic methods, conduct data quality checks, and support reproducible research practices.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently in a virtual team environment.
- Proven ability to coach and mentor junior staff.
Responsibilities
- Lead or contribute to the design and execution of Medicaid-focused research and evaluation projects, including policy analyses, demonstrations, and program evaluations.
- Apply appropriate quantitative methods to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret Medicaid administrative data, such as claims, encounters, enrollment, eligibility, and provider data.
- Conduct analyses that examine Medicaid utilization, access, quality, cost, and equity outcomes across populations and delivery systems.
- Translate complex analytic findings into clear, actionable insights for state and federal Medicaid stakeholders, including client reports, technical memoranda, and presentations.
- Support proposal development for Medicaid-related 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.
- Collaborate closely with programmers, data scientists, policy staff, and project leadership to ensure analytic rigor and alignment with policy objectives.
- Mentor and guide junior staff through feedback, training, and modeling best practices in quantitative and Medicaid policy research.
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