Healthy Hometowns Health Economist

State of Iowa•Des Moines - 50319 - Polk County, IA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of Compliance, Bureau of Data Privacy and Strategy is seeking a health economist to join our team! The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a skilled health economist to serve as the Health Economist for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Rural Health Transformation Program, opportunity #: CMS-RHT-26-001, also known as Iowa’s Healthy Hometowns. This position will work with the Iowa HHS Health Economist and will work collaboratively across all divisions within HHS to analyze and evaluate the rural Iowa healthcare system, including policies, reimbursement rates, access to healthcare, and health outcomes. The ideal candidate should be able to work confidently and independently with a number of agency datasets, statistical tools, and software.

Requirements

Seven years of full-time work experience in business/data/statistical analytics, economic research, or data science.
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management, and experience equal to three years of full-time (as described in number one).
One year of full-time work experience in business/data/statistical analytics, economic research, or data science; and a total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management equals one year of full-time experience; and a total of two years of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management equals one year of full-time experience.
One year of full-time work experience business/data/statistical analytics, economic research, or data science; and a total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management.
Three years of full-time work experience in business/data/statistical analytics, economic research, or data science; and a total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and possession of a professional certificate in data science, business analytics, or data analytics.
Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a Data Analyst 2.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work confidently and independently with a number of agency datasets, statistical tools, and software.

Responsibilities

Serve as a health economist for the Healthy Hometowns project.
Analyze and evaluate Iowa's implementation of their Rural Health Transformation Plan, including transformations of the rural healthcare system, policies, reimbursement rates, access to healthcare, and health outcomes.
Review public health and human services interventions used for rural Iowa and provide assessments of the cost effectiveness of varying policies and programs.
Apply economic principals to determine the most efficient and cost effective ways to provide healthcare in rural Iowa and public health services to Iowans living and working in rural Iowa counties.
Identify how healthcare resources are allocated across rural Iowa, including determining the appropriate allocation of doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, psychiatrists, psychologists, obstetricians, and other medical professionals throughout the state to ensure optimal access to care.
Perform predictive analytics to assess how this allocation and these resources need to change over time.
Conduct statistical research to analyze the short and long term impacts of the Healthy Hometowns initiatives on rural healthcare resource needs, healthcare professional allocation needs, and the impacts of these on the health outcomes of Iowans.
Determine needs for the distribution of healthcare professionals across the state based on specialty.
Understand the interrelationships between economics and biostatistics, epidemiology, public health and disease modeling.
Based on this knowledge, produce data driven research regarding health services, systems and interventions.
Use advanced math and computer skills to create analytical and statistical models with complex software programs using Iowa HHS and large publicly available datasets.
Use economic theories to predict public and organizational responses to policy changes and incentives.
Provide detailed input for econometric analyses of policy changes and interpret the statistical results.
Recognize patterns in data and conduct predictive analytics to plan for future healthcare needs of rural Iowans.
Recommend policy changes based on these analyses.
Apply economic theories of consumer and provider choice to understand the behavior of individuals, health care providers, public and private organizations, and governments in decision-making.
Monitor changing requirements for health economic data relating to the health care system, specifically concerning health promotion and protection through participation in national meetings
Recommends priorities for economic evaluations and policy assessments of healthcare and public health activities including strategies, programs, and process.
Provides economic guidance and expertise on the health and economic consequences of alternative programs, policies, and legislative proposals affecting healthcare and public health programming
Authors manuscripts or technical reports reflecting the results of analysis projects and studies.
Deliver presentations of results.
Determine how changes in provider allocation across the state impacts health outcomes.