Managing Consultant​/Sr. Managing Consultant - Home & Community Based Services; HCBS

Mathematica applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. We collaborate closely with public- and private-sector partners to translate big questions into deep insights that improve programs, refine strategies, and enhance understanding using data science and analytics. Our work yields actionable information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from health, education, early childhood, and family support to nutrition, employment, disability, and international development.

Mathematica offers our employees competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of being 100 percent employee owned. As an employee stock owner, you will experience financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company's growth and financial strength. You will also be part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength.

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Mathematica is seeking a managing consultant or senior managing consultant who is committed to advancing opportunities for people with disabilities and older adults to live in and actively engage with their communities. The successful candidate should have expertise with long-term services and supports (LTSS) policy and implementation work, including home and community-based services (HCBS), institutional-based long-term care, or both.

Through our HCBS practice, we collaborate with government agencies, providers, and community organizations to improve programs for older adults and those with behavioral health needs or intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities. We work to address a range of LTSS needs: program design and implementation, service access and delivery, Olmstead planning and compliance, payment strategy, community engagement, and more. Our staff are also experts in adjacent programs such as vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, and care integration for individuals who receive both Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

We are soliciting candidates with experience with HCBS or LTSS programs within a state's Medicaid or HCBS administrative agencies such as health, human services, area offices on aging, behavioral health, or other appropriate entity. Experience managing public aging, disability, or behavioral health programs within state agencies or applicable managed care, provider, or third‑party consultants is preferred.

The successful candidate will have a working understanding of federal authorities relevant to HCBS such as section 1915 waivers, 1115 demonstration authorities, and programs such as Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and Money Follows the Person. Understanding and engagement with current issues related to HCBS delivery including person‑centered planning, community‑based housing, the direct care workforce, quality monitoring, and program integrity is also preferred.

Experience using Medicaid claims, assessment, case management, housing, experience of care or other programmatic data for monitoring and improvement is preferred, but not required.

• Lead or participate actively and thoughtfully in multidisciplinary teams to improve, implement, monitor, and advise on state policy and programs.
• Provide consulting services to state and local…