Job Description
Job Description
Aleknagik Technology, LLC is searching for a qualified candidate to fill the role of Health Economist/Statistician. This individual will analyze large healthcare datasets, develop models for cost-effectiveness and health outcomes, and contribute to data-driven policy and clinical decision- making across federal healthcare initiatives. The position will be onsite at Falls Church, VA or San Antonio, TX, with remote work options as approved.
Duties:
- Design and implement statistical and economic models to evaluate healthcare interventions, costs, and outcomes.
- Conduct cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and budget impact analyses using healthcare utilization and claims data.
- Analyze large datasets from electronic health records (EHRs), claims, surveys, and other sources to identify trends and outcomes.
- Develop data visualizations and reports to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate with epidemiologists, data scientists, clinicians, and policy analysts to inform program strategies.
- Ensure analytical methodologies adhere to federal standards and best practices in health economics and biostatistics.
- Prepare manuscripts, briefing materials, and white papers for internal and external dissemination.
- Support continuous improvement of data collection, management, and analysis processes.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in health economics, Biostatistics, Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related quantitative field.
- 5+ years of experience conducting health economic and/or statistical analyses in a public health or healthcare setting.
- Proficiency in statistical software such as R, SAS, Stata, or Python.
- Experience working with healthcare datasets, including claims, EHR, or survey data.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into actionable insights.
- Knowledge of healthcare financing, delivery systems, and outcomes measurement.
- Experience working with federal healthcare programs (e.g., VA, DHA, DoD)
- Familiarity with decision-analytic modeling and simulation techniques.
- S Citizen
- Hold Secret Clearance