Vice President​/Executive Director, Federal Medicaid Practice

Vice President/Executive Director, Federal Medicaid Practice About Mathematica:

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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Asa national leader in evidence‑based decision‑making, Mathematica builds on its extensive knowledge of programs and policies to design and implement solutions built on high quality data, supported by deep understanding of programs and policies, and customized for clients’ needs. Driven by its mission, Mathematicafinds ways to improve the quality, efficiency, affordability, and financing ofhealth care, and to promote sound decision‑making in care delivery andfinancing, quality measures and health systems change.

Mathematica also worksto address longstanding issues in health care, such as measuring and improving health care quality, controlling health care costs, and designing efficient and effective delivery systems to meet diverse needs. Weseek a department director for our Federal Medicaid Department (either at the Executive Director or Vice President level), a mature market, providing advisory services to the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Medicaid and CHIP Payment Advisory Commission (MACPAC) and numerous other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offices and agencies.

The department leader willdrive results and deepen relationships with CMS and other Federal agencies working with the Medicaid program, as well as provide support and guidance toour State Medicaid group. The position reports to the Senior Vice President of our Federal Payors and Delivery Transformation (FPDT) division. Mathematica’scurrent Federal Medicaid practice is approximately 180 people supporting programs such as 1115 waiver technical assistance, Medicaid data quality and analytics,and technical assistance to states on a variety of policy and operational issues.

Within other agencies, we also provide supporton evaluation of Medicaid program effectiveness, substance use policy and useof Medicaid data for analytic purposes. The executive should have substantial Medicaid policy and strategy experience, and significant consulting experience at either the Federal or state levels. The executive should have a track record and demonstrated ability to build a consulting practice and lead groups of professionals in a dynamic, ever‑changing environment.

Mathematica is seeking someone who can continue to expand an existing and well‑respectful practice, andbe a business leader in both policy and digital services as Medicaid data and systems evolve. The ideal candidate will provide strategy…