Health Underwriting Director jobs in District of Columbia

• Investigate policy reform opportunities to support healthcare cost initiatives; devise legislative and regulatory strategies; lead calculation of relevant budgetary estimates.
• Produce rigorous analyses of payment policies, benefit design, and the delivery of care to seniors; engage with West Health Data Science team to ensure alignment with Policy Center strategies.
• Lead production of West Health policy research publications; publish proposals and evaluations in major policy outlets.
• Work with congressional staff in crafting policy reforms to support healthcare cost initiatives and educate them of potential legislative opportunities.
• Lead WHPC engagement with DC think tank community, to gain support for cost of care and successful aging initiatives; convene groups to support their implementation.
• Explore, design, and execute research opportunities with mission-aligned partner organizations.
• Monitoring federal legislative and regulatory activities affecting projects and topics of interest to West Health entities; provide counsel and assistance to other West Health entities.
• Distill complex health policy, politics, and research issues and positions into succinct message points that educate policy makers and other stakeholders, including internal West audiences, about WHPC’s viewpoints.
• Collaborate with Communications Department on position papers and other relevant internal and external documents

.Qualifications and Experience

• A graduate degree in a related field is preferred. 
• At least 10 years of applicable work experience in a health policy area is required.
• Detailed knowledge of Medicare payment policies and regulations; sophisticated understanding of how policies relevant to cost of care and successful aging interact with political and budgetary constraints;
• Experience on congressional committee staff with primary legislative and oversight responsibility for Medicare policy, or within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or with relevant advisory groups (MedPAC, MACPAC) preferred.
• Demonstrated research and analytical skills applied to public policy issues, including ability to synthesize and summarize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue. A keen understanding of the importance of such research and disseminating it effectively to policymakers, the media, and the public.
• Significant experience in think-tank community, commissioning, managing, and publishing peer-reviewed policy research projects.
• Mastery of health policy, economics, and political science literature relevant to Successful Aging; experience analyzing a range of health policy data sets; regular track record of publication in highest-level policy publications.
• Experience reviewing legislation and regulations to conduct substantive, time-sensitive analysis relevant to cost of care and successful aging priorities; distilling the results into easily understood summaries, talking points, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Demonstrated communication skills, including interpersonal skills to foster collaboration and oral/written presentation
• Able to occasionally travel to meetings and conferences.