Research Associate, MedTech Reimbursement & Market Access

IQVIA; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MCRA, part of IQVIA MedTech, is seeking a Research Associate to support reimbursement and market access consulting across medical technologies. The role is hybrid, based in Washington, DC, with opportunities to contribute to policy, coding, and payer research while collaborating with experienced consultants.

The ideal candidate will have strong research, quantitative, and writing skills, plus a background in health economics, public health, or related fields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health economics, public health, health policy, epidemiology, economics, life sciences, or related discipline.
• Graduate coursework or advanced degree preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on Medicare, Medicaid, and private payer coverage, coding, and payment policies.
• Perform literature searches, evidence landscape reviews, and evidence-gap assessments.
• Support market opportunity assessments by evaluating clinical, economic, reimbursement, and adoption drivers.
• Identify data sources and real-world evidence for client questions.
• Assist with health economics analyses under guidance of a project lead.
• Support publication planning, value tools, and payer materials.

Skills

Research

Analytical

Writing & communication

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in health economics/public health/health policy/epidemiology/economics/life sciences (required)

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

MCRA is part of IQVIA MedTech. As a trusted CRO and advisory partner, IQVIA MedTech and MCRA deliver integrated lifecycle solutions for the medical device and diagnostics industry. Together, we support innovation from concept to commercialization, offering expertise in regulatory strategy, clinical trial design and execution, market access, and post-market optimization. Our teams combine deep therapeutic knowledge with advanced data and technology to help clients make smarter decisions and thrive in the market. Join our team to help shape the future of MedTech.

* Please Note: The official business title will be: Research Associate, RHEMA

Position Overview

The Reimbursement, Health Economics & Market Access (RHEMA) team helps medical technology companies navigate the complex path from innovation to patient access. By combining expertise in reimbursement, coding, coverage, payment, health policy, and market access strategy, the team supports clients in achieving commercial success while improving access to innovative healthcare solutions.

This Research Associate role will primarily support reimbursement and market access consulting engagements across a wide range of medical technologies. Working closely with experienced consultants and industry experts, the individual will conduct research, analyze healthcare policy and payer environments, develop client-facing deliverables, and contribute to strategies that help products achieve sustainable reimbursement and adoption. The position is well suited for candidates from a variety of academic backgrounds who are interested in healthcare consulting, health policy, business strategy, public health, life sciences, economics, government affairs, or the broader healthcare ecosystem.

This position is hybrid out of our Washington, DC office.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research on Medicare, Medicaid, and private-payer coverage, coding, and payment policies and amounts.
• Perform targeted and systematic literature searches, evidence landscape reviews, and evidence-gap assessments.
• Support market opportunity assessments by evaluating clinical, economic, reimbursement, and stakeholder adoption drivers.
• Identify and assess relevant datasets and real-world evidence sources for client research questions.
• Assist with health economics and outcomes research, burden-of-illness analyses, and basic cost, budget-impact, or value analyses under the guidance of a project lead.
• Support publication planning, evidence-generation plans, value tools, payer materials, and other stakeholder-facing assets.
• Compile and analyze information from online sources, published literature, databases, and telephone interviews with payers, providers, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare concise, accurate deliverables in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel that summarize methods, findings, implications, and recommendations.
• Present research findings to internal teams and, as appropriate, clients; incorporate feedback efficiently and accurately.
• Track assigned work against project scope, budget, and timeline requirements and communicate emerging issues promptly.
• Collaborate across reimbursement, evidence development, market access, regulatory, and clinical teams.
• Contribute to internal knowledge development, service-line improvement, and evaluation of new business opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health economics, public health, health policy, epidemiology, economics, statistics, life sciences, or a related discipline. Relevant graduate coursework or an advanced degree is preferred but not required.
• Strong research, analytical, quantitative, writing, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex scientific, policy, and business information.
• Familiarity with evidence-generation concepts, including literature review, real-world evidence, health economics, patient‑reported outcomes, and publication research.
• Ability to organize multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and produce accurate work with appropriate supervision.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and professionalism in client and stakeholder interactions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior internship, academic, consulting, CRO, health plan, industry, or research experience in healthcare or medical technology.
• Exposure to Medicare or commercial-payer policy, medical terminology, or medical‑device reimbursement.
• Experience with structured literature review methods, data extraction, statistical analysis or R, Stata, SAS, Python, or similar tools.
• Intellectual curiosity, resourcefulness, attention to detail, and a willingness to develop expertise across coverage, coding, payment, evidence, and market access.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

MCRA, an IQVIA business, is an equal opportunit