Data Analyst/Statistician (Medicare/Medicaid)

General Dynamics Information Technology

2d • $99,450 - $134,550 • Remote

About The Position

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As Data Analyst/Statistician you will lay the groundwork for program integrity to be followed and expanded as newly implemented government programs grow. Our work depends on a Data Analyst/Statistician joining our team to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. You will support a diverse and multi-disciplinary team in the analysis of drug-related payment and remittance advices, including stakeholder disputes and complaints, within Medicare to support the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (hereafter Negotiation Program) as established under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, data science, mathematics, or equivalent master’s degree with a focus on statistical methods
• Five years of experience working with Medicare or Medicaid or private healthcare payer as a statistician or healthcare economist
• Five years of experience working with healthcare data including pharmacy claims, and NDCs
• Proficiency in statistical software including Python, SAS, STATA, or R
• Advanced knowledge of statistical methods, techniques, formulas, and tests
• Experience summarizing and presenting complex analytic findings

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree
• Knowledge of Medicare payment policy preferred

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex analytic studies using statistical techniques, formulas, and calculations against a variety of healthcare data to support program decision making.
• Present statistical and analytic findings to the team in a variety of formats including charts, tables, and graphs that enable easy interpretation of results.
• Create and maintain efficient and accurate statistical and analytic code using tools such as Python, SAS, Stata, R, etc.
• Apply statistical or analytic modeling techniques to compare, measure, and provide oversight to pricing behaviors, stakeholder activities, and areas of interest
• Ensure the quality of analysis using rigorous techniques for validation, data integrity, error checking, etc.
• Work with a diverse team integrating a range of knowledge (e.g., clinical, statistical, pharmaceutical, etc.) to produce the highest quality outcome for our client.
• Prepare and provide presentations of material to team members, leadership, and our customer as required.

Benefits

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees