Director, Healthcare Disputes (Analytics)

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Practice Overview

A recognized leader in healthcare litigation support Ankuras Healthcare Disputes team combines deep clinical technical and operational experience with the financial economic and analytical expertise that healthcare clients and their legal counsel rely upon to navigate complex matters. Our team has developed extensive expertise in the processes systems and data used by the healthcare industrys largest payers and providers.

We provide unique insights and sophisticated analytical solutions that help clients understand how healthcare operations financial arrangements and data affect the legal disputes they may be facing. We combine in-depth operational compliance and clinical industry knowledge with exceptional data analytics information-gathering and forensic capabilities enabling us to help clients and counsel assess and quantify the potential impact of a dispute.

Role Overview

The Director will support the Healthcare Disputes team within Ankuras Disputes & Economics practice. The Director will use data analytics skills healthcare industry knowledge and project management capabilities to develop custom solutions for clients facing high-profile and complex investigations and commercial disputes in a fast-paced environment.

The Director will manage significant engagement workstreams direct day-to-day analytical activities supervise junior professionals and translate complex analyses into clear and defensible findings. The Director will also work closely with senior engagement leaders to support client relationships business development initiatives and the continued growth of the Healthcare Disputes practice.

Ideally this position will be hybrid 2-3 days per week at one of our offices in DC NY LA or Chicago.

Responsibilities

The Director will perform the following types of activities:

• Manage significant engagement workstreams including work planning staffing budgeting deadline management and coordination with clients and counsel.

• Direct and review the development of complex analytical models using relational database software programming languages spreadsheets and other analytical tools.

• Interpret analytical results in the context of relevant healthcare economic regulatory and legal issues.

• Ensure that analyses are accurate reproducible appropriately documented and suitable for use in litigation investigations and other high-stakes matters.

• Supervise and conduct data-gathering activities document review data assessment and quality-control procedures.

• Apply innovative analytical techniques to healthcare engagements including matters involving risk adjustment claims reimbursement managed care and value-based care.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of analytical methodologies tools and client offerings.

• Contribute to business development initiatives thought leadership and go-to-market efforts focused on emerging healthcare industry and litigation issues.

• Develop subject-matter expertise in healthcare topics such as predictive analytics risk adjustment value-based care healthcare claims and reimbursement.

• Prepare and review client communications reports presentations and other written and oral deliverables for senior-level review.

• Communicate analytical findings clearly to clients counsel experts and senior engagement leaders.

• Develop supervise and motivate teams of high-performing consultants.

• Mentor and supervise Associate and Senior Associate professionals.

• Support senior team members in developing and maintaining client relationships.

• Manage multiple concurrent engagements and workstreams while maintaining high standards of quality and client service.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in computer science data analytics statistics economics business finance or a related quantitative discipline.

• Six or more years of experience in litigation consulting data analytics or technical advisory roles supporting complex disputes and high-stakes investigations.

• Experience supporting litigation investigations damages calculations expert reports or other high-stakes legal engagements.

• Hands-on proficiency in SQL and relational database environments with the demonstrated ability to review and direct work performed using these tools.

• Experience using Databricks to architect build and direct complex analytics

• Familiarity with additional big-data analytical programming languages and environments such as PySpark Python R or SAS.

• Experience analyzing healthcare claims reimbursement payer/provider operations or healthcare data analytics is preferred

• Demonstrated experience managing technical workstreams designing reproducible analytical methodologies and supervising junior data professionals.

• Ability to understand and analyze complex issues in the context of litigation investigations and the attorney-client relationship.

• Ability to protect privileged confidential and sensitive client information.

• Strong project-management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements.

• Commitment to quality collaboration and working effectively within a team environment.

• Effective written and oral communication skills including the ability to explain complex technical findings and data architecture to nontechnical audiences counsel and senior engagement leaders.

• Ability and willingness to travel as needed.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California Colorado or New York Ankura is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the said markets and considers a broad range of factors including but not limited to skill sets experience and training licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The range does not include additional benefits outside of salary. At Ankura it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range is between $100000 to $160000; this range is not a promise of a particular wage.

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