Remote Senior Quantitative Researcher, CMS APM Evaluation

Commence; Colorado; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Commence, headquartered near Virginia Beach, VA, seeks a Senior Quantitative Researcher to lead the design and evaluation of CMS/CMMI alternative payment models. Translate policy goals into operational methodologies and conduct rigorous evaluations to guide federal program decisions.

The role blends implementation and evaluation using the Commence platform, requiring 4+ years in economics/health services research and proficiency in SAS, R, Python, or SQL.

Qualifications

• PhD in economics, health policy, public health, or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience implementing and/or evaluating CMS/CMMI alternative payment models; experience with both implementation and evaluation is preferred.
• Experience with Medicare/Medicaid data and federal health programs is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct evaluations (differences-in-differences, event studies) to estimate impact on spending, utilization, and quality.
• Lead and collaborate on development of methodology documents and evaluation reports for CMMI model teams.
• Partner with economists, data scientists, and engineers to apply ML-based methods on the Commence platform.

Skills

Quantitative research

CMS/CMMI familiarity

Statistical methods

Data analysis

ML methods

Education

PhD in economics/health policy

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Tableau

SAS

R

Python

SQL

Job description

Commence, headquartered near Virginia Beach, VA, seeks a Senior Quantitative Researcher to lead the design and evaluation of CMS/CMMI alternative payment models. Translate policy goals into operational methodologies and conduct rigorous evaluations to guide federal program decisions.

The role blends implementation and evaluation using the Commence platform, requiring 4+ years in economics/health services research and proficiency in SAS, R, Python, or SQL.