Healthsperien, LLC

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How to Apply: Please send resume and cover letter, , to info@healthsperien.com, and indicate “Research Scientist” in the subject line. Applicants who do not provide salary requirements will not be considered. Position Description The Research Scientist, Health Analytics leads rigorous health policy research and advanced quantitative analyses to support high-impact, evidence-based strategy, business decisions, and policy insights within Healthsperien’s Center for Health Research, Policy & Strategy (CHRPS). This role serves as a senior technical leader, providing methodological expertise, analytic oversight, and programming leadership across multiple projects that draw on a wide range of public, private, and client-provided data sources, including public health, administrative claims, and clinical data. This position plays a critical role in shaping analytic approaches, ensuring methodological rigor, and advancing CHRPS’ analytic capabilities through applied research, utilization and cost modeling, advanced statistical methods, and reproducible programming practices. The Senior Research Scientist works closely with interdisciplinary internal teams to translate complex policy, research, and business questions into robust, actionable analytic solutions. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in healthcare data and analytics, advanced programming and modeling skills, a strong understanding of healthcare delivery and financing, and the ability to lead analytic strategy across diverse health policy and market-facing initiatives. Compensation: $125,000 - $185,000 (annual base) Final compensation will be commensurate with education and experience. Healthsperien offers a flexible work environment and competitive benefits package. Key Responsibilities · Lead the design, execution, and oversight of complex quantitative analyses using diverse data sources, including public datasets, administrative claims, clinical data, and client-provided files. · Translate complex policy, research, and business questions into rigorous analytic frameworks, study designs, and modeling strategies. · Serve as a senior technical authority on analytic methods, health economics, and applied statistical and econometric techniques. · Develop and oversee reproducible, well-documented analytic code, workflows, and quality assurance processes. · Guide integration of multiple data sources, ensuring data integrity, analytic validity, and methodological consistency across projects. · Conduct and oversee advanced utilization modeling, cost forecasting, and policy impact assessments. · Lead applied research on priority health policy topics, including Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, prescription drug policy, alternative payment models, and health system transformation initiatives. · Monitor and interpret federal and state policy developments and translate implications into analytic strategies and research agendas. · Synthesize analytic findings into clear and compelling deliverables, including technical memos, issue briefs, presentations, and client-facing reports. · Provide analytic mentorship, technical guidance, and quality oversight to analysts and other project staff. · Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to align analytic approaches with policy objectives, client needs, and strategic goals. · Contribute to proposal development, analytic planning, and methodological design for new initiatives and partnerships. · Lead development of standard analytic tools, templates, and documentation processes to strengthen institutional capacity and consistency. · Promote a culture of analytic excellence, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Qualifications · Master’s or PhD required in health economics, public policy, biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, health services research, or a related quantitative field. · 7–10+ years of experience in healthcare analytics, health policy research, consulting, or applied health economics; experience in client-facing roles preferred. · Demonstrated expertise working with large, complex healthcare datasets, including administrative claims, clinical data, public health datasets, and/or linked multi-source data. · Extensive programming experience in at least one statistical programming language (e.g., Python, R, SAS, Stata, SQL), with demonstrated ability to design scalable, reproducible analytic workflows. · Proven experience designing and overseeing utilization models, cost forecasting, policy simulations, and scenario analyses. · Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly synthesize complex analytic methods and findings for technical and non-technical audiences. · Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) preferred. · Strong familiarity with federal and state health policy, including Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) models preferred. · Demonstrated leadership, sound judgment, and ability to manage complex analytic efforts in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. About Healthsperien’s Center for Health Research, Policy & Strategy (CHRPS)The Center on Health Research, Policy & Strategy advances high-quality, timely, and actionable research that supports clients' policy, regulatory, and business objectives. We work with leading organizations across the health care landscape to shape care delivery, financing, and innovation through rigorous analysis and forward-looking policy strategy. About Healthsperien Healthsperien, LLC is a Washington, D.C.-based policy, research, and health care consulting firm focused on strategic, regulatory, legislative and implementation issues. With our D.C. team, we operate at the intersection of public policy, business, analytics, and strategic relationships and coalition engagement. We bring a “system” perspective to our work and specialize in payment and delivery models, regulatory issues facing Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers, and emerging trends in value-based payment. Healthsperien works with an array of Fortune 500, community-based, and national, not-for-profit organizations. Our clients include health plans and care providers, stakeholder coalitions, organizations focused on payment and delivery reform, and others interested in more effective use of technology and data and analytics. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $125,000.00 - $185,000.00 per year Work Location: Hybrid remote in Washington, DC 20001