Associate, Economic Assessments

About the Peterson Health Technology Institute

The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) provides independent evaluations of innovative healthcare technologies to improve health and lower costs. Through its rigorous, evidence-based research, PHTI analyzes the clinical benefits and economic impact of digital health solutions. These evaluations inform decisions for providers, patients, payers, and investors, accelerating the adoption of high-value technology in healthcare. PHTI was founded in 2023 by the Peterson Center on Healthcare.

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PHTI is seeking an Associate to help drive the execution of rigorous, evidence-based assessments of innovative digital health technologies. This role will play a crucial part in PHTI’s economic evidence review process including analyzing the economic burden of disease, evaluating company-specific economic evidence, and supporting the development of budget impact models. The Associate will also support executive-facing presentations and report drafting, and will help manage external vendors supporting the assessment process.

More specifically, the responsibilities include:

Assist in all aspects of PHTI report creation in collaboration with senior team members, including:

• Conduct background research on the economic burden of disease relevant to each assessment topic area.
• Analyze company-specific economic claims and evidence submitted as part of the assessment process for design, methodology and quality.
• Support development of budget impact models and help validate key assumptions.
• Extract, organize, and synthesize economic findings into coherent narratives.
• Maintain organization of economic models, data, and assumptions across internal teams throughout the assessment process.
• Draft sections of PHTI’s reports translating economic evidence into clear language for non-technical audiences.
• Project manage key report production processes.
• Stay current on emerging trends, players, policy and best practices in digital health and related fields.
• Help drive other initiatives or projects outside of core assessments in current or emerging digital health technology topics.

• Assist in building collateral for public dissemination.
• Create materials to drive engagement with key partners.
• Contribute to report writing based on literature review and budget model findings.
• Contribute to the creation of documents, presentations, and other collateral for conferences, advisory board and partner meetings, and webinars.

• Support engagement with external partners to drive project execution including communications, coordination, and meeting participation.
• Engage with companies under assessment to discuss submitted studies and evidence.
• Partner with internal functional expert teams such as policy and communications to drive PHTI’s objectives.
• Support an internal culture of learning and strategic decision making in service of organizational mission.
• Contribute to a culture of inquiry, experimentation, understanding of and tolerance for risk, and a commitment to continuous learning.

Are you someone who:

• Drives results: An independent, self-starter who can own tasks both large and small; persists through obstacles and brings a can-do attitude with a willingness to jump into projects as needed.
• Has comfort with data and analytics: Brings an interest in working with quantitative data; able to run analyses, build or contribute to budget impact models; translate findings into clear narratives for non-technical audiences.
• Excels at project management: O…