Position Description

New York University is seeking an individual with strong programming, data management, and analytical skills to work on a team using New York State Medicaid claims data to evaluate health services and public health interventions being implemented at providers and public health agencies across New York State.


We are looking for a person with experience and graduate training related to health care delivery, public health and the financing of the United States health system. The ideal candidate will have had some experience working with health insurance claims data and/or electronic health records. While the position requires technical skills, we are particularly looking for a person to join our team who has a passion for making the health system work better for low income New Yorkers. The person hired would participate in designing applied research and evaluation studies that guide health system leaders in efforts to innovate and improve health care and public health delivery.  Current projects include assessing the effectiveness of APPs to help patients manage their chronic conditions, projects that assess new models of managing care for high risk patients, and studies that look at the implications of new reimbursement approaches on the ability to provide effective care.


Responsibilities will include two types of work streams:

1)      Downloading, merging, cleaning, documenting, and managing Medicaid claims datasets; analyzing data quality and integrity; identifying and solving data quality problems; coding and creating new variables; preparing analysis files; producing statistical summaries, charts and tables.  The Medicaid files are complex but a stimulating challenge for a first rate coder.

2)      Working on teams to design projects and to work with funders to make sure the analysis done is useful, accurate, and clearly communicated. We hire analysts with an interest and potential to help plan, initiate, and manage analytical projects helping health systems improve their efficiency and effectiveness.  The person would be part of a growing, mission-driven research team interested in improving health care in New York.


Many positions that require similar skills exist within large health systems and within large consulting firms.  This position at NYU promises candidates the opportunity to work on a broader set of issues than is typical and to learn a broader set of skills. Analysts have more flexibility in how they get work done and are encouraged to take on additional responsibilities as they progress in the job.  There is an excellent set of peers to interact with and learn from.  NYU offers a stimulating work setting where seminars, educational opportunities, and the chance to work with cutting edge thinkers is always present.


This position will be reporting to James Knickman and John Billings, who are on the faculty at both NYU Langone Medical School's Department of Population Health and the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.  Billings is a senior faculty member and former director of Wagner's Health Policy and Management Program. He is the principal investigator on numerous projects to assess the performance of the safety net for vulnerable populations and to understand the nature and extent of barriers to optimal health for low income populations. Knickman recently joined NYU's faculty to create an applied research initiative at NYU Langone Medical School and the Wagner School focused on evaluating innovations in the health sector using "Big


Data." Previously, he was the President of the New York State Health Foundation and before that's was VP for Research and Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Qualifications

Since most of the analysis we do involves programming with SAS, SQL, and Python, experience with these programs is key to success in this position.  Experience and comfort analyzing very large data sets also are important.  Finally, our group values team work that encourages creativity and a solutions-oriented approach to research. Strong interpersonal, organizational, communication, and time management skills are important. A desire to improve health for vulnerable populations also characterizes the team working on this research agenda.


This is a full-time position offering a competitive salary relative to skills and experience and an excellent benefits package including eligibility for NYU tuition remission.


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