About this Position:
Job Title: Document Specialist
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Draft edit and finalize Advance Planning Documents (APDs) including Planning APDs Implementation APDs APD updates and Operational APDs in accordance with CMS guidelines and guidance including 45 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 95.
- Develop responses to requests for additional information for CMS.
- Provide recommendations for streamlining the APD process.
- Draft edit and finalize Operational Work Plans (OWPs) to support budget release requests to the legislature for the FX Program.
- Draft edit and finalize the Schedule IV-B to support the annual legislative budget request for the FX Program.
- Review federal regulations policy updates and CMS guidance and provide summaries and analyses of findings.
- Analyze program and project information to accurately describe project technical and operational aspects in APDs OWPs and Schedule IV-Bs.
- Participate in assigned meetings.
- Perform compliance and quality assurance reviews of documents prepared for state and federal entities. Edit documents as needed to comply with CMS requirements and Agency templates and correspondence guides.
- Incorporate feedback from Agency staff Agency leadership FX support vendors and CMS into revised drafts.
- Coordinate with Agency staff and FX support vendors to obtain necessary inputs for documents.
- Prepare presentation materials or summaries as needed for leadership briefings and CMS communications.
- Perform other duties as required.
Required Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- A minimum of seven (7) years of business or technical writing experience.
- Proven experience writing APDs grant requests or similar state or federal documents.
- Strong understanding of CMS requirements including 45 CFR Part 95 and related Medicaid IT guidance.
- Excellent writing editing and organizational skills.
- Experience working with state or federal health services agencies are preferred.