Working under the direction of Vice President, Private Market Innovations, the Senior Healthcare Analyst is responsible for working on efforts in the Clinical Affairs and Strategic Planning Department focused on performance measurement, health plan standards, as well as specific policy and regulatory issues pertaining to the Affordable Care Act with a special emphasis on quality.   This position requires strong analytical and oral and written communication skills; ability to work with diverse stakeholders and think strategically; demonstrated experience in working with stakeholders to achieve consensus is preferable.

Specific Responsibilities:

 The incumbent’s job responsibilities are as follows: 

1. Work with supervisor and Clinical Affairs and Strategic Planning staff on issues relating to quality (e.g. performance measurement, health plan standards, patient safety):
   1. Track and monitor performance measure projects, identify key measurement/health plan standards issues, prioritize activities, and track deadlines;
   2. Analyze current performance measurement projects/reports from key organizations such as the National Quality Forum, CMS, AMA PCPI, and NCQA including implications for health plans and develop draft comments;
   3. Solicit member feedback on quality related issues, analyze and synthesize; and feedback and prepare comment letters for submission to relevant organizations. 

2.  Assist with tracking, identifying, and analyzing key regulatory and policy changes especially pertaining to health care quality:

1. Conduct back ground research on origin of relevant policies, regulations, and/or published research findings;
2. Analyze and synthesize information to produce letters, recommendations, and draft action plans;  and
3. Translate results into a wide range of high quality products used for responding to media inquiries, commenting through the federal rule-making process, constructing issue briefs, etc.

3.  Attend meetings and interact with staff at health plans, NQF, and NCQA and other relevant organizations actively engaged in health care quality. 

4.  Other tasks and duties as assigned.  

  Skills and Expertise:

1.  Masters degree in healthcare policy or health related discipline with three to five years of experience in healthcare quality and health policy analysis.

2.Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

3.Excellent analytical and oral and written communication skills

4. Ability to work independently and use good judgment with regard to policies and priority deadlines. 

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Send resume, references and cover letter including salary requirements to:  hr@ahip.org or mail to: 

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

 ATTN: HR Dept/CASHA

 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

 South Building, Suite 500

 Washington, DC 20004