Employment Opportunities

Research Fellow, Medicare Policy Initiative
The Medicare Policy Initiative (MPI) is seeking a Research Fellow to support projects focused on Medicare Advantage and Part D programs. This is an excellent opportunity for an early career health policy professional with an interest in Medicare policy who is interested in working in a collaborative environment and growing their Medicare expertise. 

MPI is part of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms, located at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy (Capitol Hill campus). We are a nonpartisan initiative comprised of Medicare policy experts providing rapid turnaround policy analysis, technical assistance to policymakers, convenings of experts, and translation of research into policy solutions. Our mission is to advise and educate policymakers to improve Medicare coverage, provide beneficiaries with meaningful choices, and reduce the cost of the program for both enrollees and the federal government. 

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Medicare policy experts to identify and analyze policy proposals related to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D
  • Conduct research and analysis of legislation and regulatory policy.
  • Provide technical assistance to policymakers through briefings, memos, and slide presentations on topics related to the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs.
  • Conduct rapid turnaround policy analysis through timely issue briefs, white papers, panel discussions, blogs and social media. 
  • Develop and coordinate both in person and online convenings of Medicare policy experts, providers, payers, researchers and Medicare beneficiaries.  
  • Conduct literature review and summarize relevant research.
  • Coordinate qualitative interviews with various Medicare stakeholders, notetaking and summarizing content.
  • Translate research on Medicare Advantage through written products, infographics, tables, and graphs. 
  • Track Medicare regulation, legislation, research and policy proposals.
  • Review and summarize information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) data and landscape files. 
  • Project management, including monitoring project timelines and workplans, coordinating deliverables across the MPI team, scheduling meetings with external collaborators and reports to funders. 

Required Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in public policy, public health, or related field.
  • At least 1 year of experience working on health policy related to Medicare, aging and/or disability policy, or health insurance. 
  • Demonstrated understanding of the Medicare program and Medicare Advantage (either through employment or graduate level coursework)
  • Ability to work well in a collaborative environment with colleagues and external partners such as researchers, policy experts, health insurers, and other stakeholders.
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated strong policy writing skills. 
  • Experience with project management including managing timelines, deliverable schedules, scheduling meetings and reports to funders.  
  • Candidate must be detail oriented and demonstrate an ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment across multiple projects with multiple deliverables. 
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office, particularly Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and Google Suites.

Preferred qualifications (One or two of these skills would be a plus)

  • Experience working in a Congressional office and/or federal agency (e.g. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services).
  • Experience working on Medicare legislation or regulatory policy.
  • Experience facilitating online and in person convenings, roundtables, and panels of policy experts.
  • Comfortable with public speaking and presenting to policy and academic audiences.
  • Experience conducting qualitative research interviews and summarizing themes.
  • Ability to analyze CMS data files using excel, tableau, or statistical programs.
  • Experience engaging beneficiaries and consumers to provide expert input on policy through lived experience. 

Annual Salary: $70,000 to $75,000 

To apply, please send current CV or resume, cover letter, and writing sample to: chirmedicare@georgetown.edu