Manatt Health integrates legal and consulting expertise to better serve the complex needs of clients across the healthcare system. Combining legal excellence, first-hand experience in shaping public policy, sophisticated strategy insight, and deep analytic capabilities, we provide uniquely valuable professional services to the full range of health industry players. Our diverse team of more than 270 attorneys and consultants from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and its consulting subsidiary, Manatt Health Strategies, LLC, is passionate about helping our clients advance their business interests, fulfill their missions, and lead healthcare into the future. For more information, visit https://www.manatt.com/Health.  

Position Overview: Manatt Health is seeking a highly qualified consultant with experience conducting quantitative analyses using Medicaid, Medicare and other claims data that is also interested in and capable of supporting non-analytic healthcare consulting engagements. The successful candidate will have knowledge of Medicaid and policy and hands-on expertise with Medicaid claims data, ideally including T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF), Medicare claims data, or state-specific administrative claims datasets. The candidate will support Medicaid, Medicare, and life sciences data analytic use cases to support client information needs. The candidate will also be expected to provide project management, research, deck development, and solutioning support on non-analytic projects across the practice, including, for example, on projects related to: payment and delivery system transformation; health system and academic medical center strategy; Medicaid policy, redesign and innovation; Medicare policy and strategy; and life sciences market access, coverage and reimbursement strategies.  This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the growth of a high-impact analytics team within our nationally recognized healthcare practice. 

Responsibilities:

•  Conduct analyses, primarily focused on Medicaid (TAF) and Medicare claims data, in support of Medicaid, Medicare policy, health system, and life sciences business and research questions.

•  Identify appropriate methods and datasets that can be used to investigate policy, business, and research questions from clients, with attention to scope, time, and budget

•  Define analytical questions, interpret results, and translate findings into client-facing deliverables.

•  Conduct basic statistical analyses, including development of regression models, in SAS and through use of Excel-based modeling.

•  Write and review SAS / SQL code to analyze large-scale datasets.

•  Support data and analytic quality assurance practices.

•  Communicate methods and results from complex data analyses in lay terms to diverse audiences, including through the design and presentation of compelling visualizations.

•  Manage data acquisition and data use agreements as needed.

•  Support client teams in data-driven problem-solving and strategy development, serving as a detail-oriented, team player, to develop and deliver timely and reliable client products.

•  Apply critical thinking, communication, and project management skills to complex healthcare issues across a variety of projects and project topic areas.

•  Develop and deliver organized, substantive and visually compelling presentations that synthesize complex information for a variety of audiences, including at the executive level. 

•  Provide significant contributions to project work streams from start through execution, including developing project work plans, managing milestones and due dates, effectively communicating project status with clients and internal teams, anticipating and addressing client needs, identifying and addressing issues, and managing deliverables. 

Qualifications:

•  Master’s degree in public policy, health economics, applied economics, public health, business administration, biostatistics, or a related field.

•  Experience working with Medicaid or Medicare claims data is a prerequisite for this position; experience working within the CMS Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) desired, though not required.

•  Two years or more of experience programming in SAS / SQL to analyze comprehensive Medicaid or Medicare claims datasets, ideally within a consulting firm, government agency, research firm or think tank, health system, or health plan.

•  Demonstrated ability to contribute to fast-paced deliverables and communicate insights effectively through written and visual materials.

•  Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

•  Background in American health care policy, with a Medicaid policy background highly desired.

•  Collaborative mindset and ability to adapt across project types and teams.

•  Strong computer skills, including professional-level proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

•  Outstanding problem-solving, organizational, communication, analytical, and written and verbal communication skills in a variety of settings and media.

•  Experience managing data use agreements or supporting project workflows is preferred.

•  Relevant internships and/or lived experience, with a demonstrated interest in and enthusiasm for business strategy and marketplace issues, health equity, and other health care trends is preferred

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

Fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion is a Manatt core value and fundamental to our organizational identity. We believe that a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we live, work, and serve enriches Manatt’s culture and enhances our ability to understand our client’s needs and develop better, more impactful solutions. Manatt’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee drives the firm’s efforts, working with firm leadership, and engaging our legal, consulting, and business professionals, to create and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. For more information, visit https://www.manatt.com/diversity.      

Join Us to Help Make an Impact 

If you would like to be on the cutting edge of the issues and opportunities facing the healthcare sector, we strongly encourage you to apply. You must apply through our online application portal (apply here). As part of your application, upload a cover letter, unofficial graduate school transcript, and a two-to-three-page writing sample. The writing sample can be from your academic, work, or individual experience, where you are the sole or primary author (examples include memo, issue brief, short research paper, market/competitive analysis, personal statement, and PowerPoint). 

Manatt is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 

Compensation is based on years of relevant experience and advanced degrees $130,000 - $170,000. 

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips does not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, headhunters or vendors who are not part of our preferred vendor list. If an unsolicited resume is sent to an employee of Manatt, outside of a blind submission directed to our StrategicGrowth@manatt.com mailbox, Manatt will not be bound by that search firm’s terms or otherwise be obligated to pay any compensation in connection with the submitted candidate.