Economist
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Job Location:
Denver, CO - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 90925 - 118204
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare(CM) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
As an Economist GSyou will perform economic analyses of
health care financing and delivery issues and their connection with CMS programs.
- Conduct advanced economic analysis related to Medicare Advantage encounter data risk adjustment or other CMS priority.
- Develop data to be used to show the impact and cost of CMS regulatory actions and programs policy making activities health insurance coverage drugexpenditures and medical expenditures.
- Prepare reports and recommendations that reflect significant findings and solutions to important and unusual problems identified for use by CMS. Reports include descriptions of study methods and the interpretation of report of findings.
- Provide review and guidance on methodologies applied analysis assumptions used policy issues and analysis results.
- Direct coordinate plans design develop and implement analyses of economic issues using mathematical models and statistical techniques.
Conditions of employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position.
- You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation.
Qualifications
ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.
In order to qualify for the 13 you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government obtained in either the private or public sector to include:
(1) Applying principles and theories of applied economic or econometric methods and techniques to analyze and evaluate health care programs; AND (2) Developing and conducting studies of health care costs utilization or outcomes to analyze data and develop recommendations; AND (3) Preparing written documents (i.e. technical reports research results or project summaries) regarding health program issues.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional philanthropic religious spiritual community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
Education
Education Requirement: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements all candidates must have the following educational requirements: Bargaining Unit Position: Yes- American Federation of Government Employees Local 1923 Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Degree: economics that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics accounting or calculus.
OR
Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics as shown above plus appropriate experience or additional education. Examples of qualifying experience include: individual economic research assignments requiring planning information assembly analysis and evaluation conclusions and report preparation; OR supervision or project coordination of assignments involving a staff of professional economists and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; OR teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results (2) direction of graduate theses in economics or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.
TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application WILL result in an ineligible rating. Please see Required Documents section below for what documentation is required at the time of application.
Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: information
Tour of Duty: Flexible
Recruitment Incentive: Not Authorized
Relocation Incentive: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure: Not Required
Workplace Flexibility at CMS: This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the CMS office listed in this announcement. CMS offers flexible working arrangements and allows employees the opportunity to participate in alternative work schedules at the managers discretion.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced federal employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit the required documentation and be rated well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for a detailed description of the required supporting documents. A well-qualified applicant is one whose knowledge skills and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements of the position. Additional information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website at Schedule Locality Tables
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Python
- Spss
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Stata
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Survey Design
- Calculus
- SAS
- Statistics
