Senior Advisor - Healthcare Economics (CMS)

Ripple Effect • Rockville, MD

10d • $71 - $128 • Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Advisor of Healthcare Economics working with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI/CMS), you will play a pivotal role on the Ripple Effect support team! Your work will directly impact the development of new behavioral economics strategies for CMMI patient empowerment initiatives and model learning systems. You will advise CMMI on approaches to build learning systems and upskill staff to apply behavioral economics in ways that fit human-centered design, quality improvement, and value-base care.

Requirements

• Master's degree (MA/MS) in field such as behavioral or health economics, psychology of decision-making, healthcare, or related;
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience, additional education may substitute for experience.
• Must demonstrate that you are free from conflicts of interest to serve as senior advisor.
• Advanced experience with applying behavioral science and choice architecture principles to achieve an economic goals through implementation of change management strategies for internal and external stakeholders, based in human-centered design.
• Experience researching and/or implementing CMMI/CMS pilots, health system innovation plans, and/or behavioral trainings with strong data literacy and attention to experimental design, dashboard creation, metric analyses and the ability to clearly and concisely communicate outcomes and next-steps to cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams.
• Intermediate experience with collaboration & knowledge management tools such as Microsoft Teams and Microsoft SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) preferred
• Prior experience supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including CMMI.
• Intermediate experience with AI tools, including their limitations and risks, and how they can be applied to support project management tasks.

Responsibilities

• Communicate subject matter expertise about how people actually make decisions to design programs that support better health behaviors—e.g., reminders, incentives, defaults, that align to existing CMS payment/care models.
• Build and track systems of learning via A/B testing, continuous measurement, dashboard and metric development, and develop scaling plans to establish new standards of practice.
• Integrate key frameworks of human-centered design, quality improvement, and value-based care to improve patient care quality and lower costs.
• Lead data analysis efforts across behavioral economics projects relating to healthcare by selecting appropriate methodologies and translating findings into strategic recommendations aligned with CMMI goals.

Benefits

• Our comprehensive total rewards package includes competitive pay, exceptional benefits, and a range of programs that support your work/life balance and personalized preferences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees