JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018

The Lewin Group

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Healthcare Economist

JOE ID Number: 2017-02_111459038
Date Posted: 10/19/2017
Date Inactive: 01/31/2018
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Healthcare Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Locations: Falls Church, Virginia, UNITED STATES
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
00 -- Default: Any Field
H -- Public Economics
I -- Health, Education, and Welfare
C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
J -- Labor and Demographic Economics
A -- General Economics and Teaching
G -- Financial Economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Lewin Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Optum - UnitedHealth Group, seeks PhD researchers interested in conducting rigorous empirical research on the most current policy issues surrounding health care reform. We are a national health and human services consulting firm with over 350 professional staff and offices in the DC metro and Minnesota. We work with the Federal government, States, Foundations and private clients to design, implement and evaluate programs that improve the organization, payment and delivery of health care services.

The successful candidate will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and will have the opportunity to conduct policy analyses, evaluate programs using advanced empirical methods, and develop forecasting models for health care utilization and costs. We pride ourselves in creating an exciting, policy focused atmosphere that encourages the use of innovative analytical techniques to solve real-world problems. See our web site for more information on our projects and people: www.lewin.com

Key responsibilities include:
* Design and conduct studies that require advance empirical methods or mixed quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods
* Supervise research staff, ensuring that all projects are conducted with sound analytic methods
* Draft research reports, interpret and present findings to technical and non-technical audiences
* Support technical proposal writing
* Serve as a resource to other staff in methodological or health care policy areas

Qualifications
* PhD in Economics or allied field with 0-3 years experience post-PhD. Will consider Fall 2018 graduates
* Expertise in applied microeconomics, labor economics, applied econometrics, health policy, program evaluation
* Experience in policy analysis strongly preferred, must be conversant with the policies and institutions that define the US health care system.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, intellectual curiosity
* Ability to explain complex economic and analytic concepts to non-technical audiences.
* 2+ years of experience analyzing health care data, especially Medicare, Medicaid and/or commercial claims data or public use data sources such as the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
* Experience using advanced analytic or computational methods is a plus

The Lewin Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Optum - UnitedHealth Group. Lewin operates with full editorial independence and corporate firewalls.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
Application deadline: 01/31/2018
Application Instructions:
Lewin Economists will be interviewing at the ASSA meetings. To apply, please use the link below to submit your CV, cover letter and job market paper or sample of your research. Apply by December 1, 2017 for full consideration.

Respond to our Senior Healthcare Economist posting if you have more than 3 years’ experience post-PhD. The link will direct you to UnitedHealth Group's Talent Acquisition Career Site and to find this specific role please search by "job number" 720191
https://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/data/jobs/optuminsight-consulting/720191-aea-healthcare-economist-lewin-group-falls-church-va-or-eden-prairie-mn

• Copy and paste the link into your browser.
• Click on AEA Healthcare Economist to review job description and proceed to the next step via the UHG careers page.
• Click on Apply Online at the bottom of the screen
• Click on New User or Log In
• Follow the application process. This includes filling out an application and answering questionnaires. You will upload your resume, cover letter and job market paper in the sixth step of the process.
• Please remember to hit Save and Continue to move through the steps.
• The process will be completed when you hit the Submit button.
For any application questions or issues, please contact Sarah Cole at sarah_cole@uhg.com or 312-348-7058.