Consultant, Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy
Posted December 12, 2022
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The Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy ("Center") is a separate business unit of the Economics Practice within FTI Consulting, Inc. The Center applies cutting-edge economics and quantitative methods to assist clients in developing and implementing market-based solutions across the spectrum of healthcare activity. Our analyses utilize economic modelling and simulation applied to real-world data in order to predict future demand for services to provide organizations insights into how to maintain quality, improve health outcomes and reduce costs, as well as to properly deploy constrained resources. Our advanced capabilities and extensive data sets can address effects of major policy, regulatory, or significant and disruptive changes. We provide predictive modeling capable of evaluating complex "what-if" scenarios for both public and private stakeholders.
Our staff includes academically trained economists with extensive industry expertise and decades of policy and applied experience in the public and private sector. Our experts have testified before antitrust and regulatory agencies in the US and internationally, as well in state and federal courts on a variety of matters. Further, the Center's experts have published seminal articles on antitrust issues in the healthcare industry as well as novel approaches for quantifying the value of new pharmaceutical interventions.
The Center's analytic domains include mergers and acquisitions, market insight, value-based arrangements, cross-stakeholder and community-level analysis including economic impact of poor health, population health, value assessment, quantification of patient-centered preferences, and digital health. We collaborate with colleagues across FTI Consulting, including strategic communications, healthcare practitioners and financial specialists.
About the Role
The Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy is seeking candidates for the position of Consultant in our Washington D.C. or Los Angeles office. This position involves working in teams to provide advanced analytics to a multitude of clients on both healthcare and non-healthcare matters including employers, healthcare systems, managed care organizations, life sciences firms and government agencies. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, contributing to projects that make an impact and help shape the healthcare environment.
Experience with Excel and statistical programming packages such as STATA, SAS, R, MATLAB, or Mathematica are required. Candidates must be highly motivated problem solvers, analytical, detail-oriented, able to work independently or in teams, and have excellent oral and written communication skills. The ideal candidate will have 1+ years of experience and similar levels of proficiency conducting analysis and conveying conclusions to an audience in written form or presentations.
What You'll Do
A Consultant is expected to undertake various analytic tasks, both quantitative and qualitative, to ensure the production of high-quality analysis. A Consultant will make tangible contributions to the Center's work product by
- Analyzing data quality and performing data analysis using statistical packages such as Stata, R, Python and SAS
- Conducting research into industry-specific matters
- Producing written summaries of both qualitative and quantitative data
- Preparing memos, technical reports and PowerPoint decks detailing the operational components of projects including data sources, key data elements, and statistical programs/techniques used in preparing the dataset or conducting the analysis
- Preparing work for submission to academic peer-reviewed journals
- Auditing their own as well as colleagues' work to ensure quality
How You'll Grow
Our practice provides the opportunity for a motivated professional to work in a leverage, team-based model of diversely skilled, intelligent, and successful individuals. Team members regularly exceed expectations and are recognized accordingly through promotion, compensation, public recognition and positive feedback. You will have the opportunity to change business models and the chance to make a real impact.
Basic Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in the areas of Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or other field relevant to data analysis with a minimum GPA of 3.0
- Minimum 1+ years of relevant work experience is required. Internships will be taken into consideration.
- Experience with Excel and at least one statistical programming packages such as STATA, Visual Basic, SAS, R, MATLAB, or Mathematica
Preferred Skills:
- Proficiency in STATA
- Skills and experience in data visualization
- Ability to learn and thrive in a project-driven environment with time-sensitive deliverables
- Knowledge of and interest in healthcare industry practices and policy
- This role requires travel to clients and FTI offices
- COVID Vaccine required*
We offer team members a stimulating environment with opportunities to learn and grow. We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
*Individuals seeking an exemption from this requirement for medical or religious reasons should complete a request for accommodation form by contacting recruitingsupport@fticonsulting.com .
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Our Benefits
Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Competitive salary and bonus plans
- Generous paid holidays, time off and parental leave
- Full package of benefits plans
- Company matched 401K
- Annual paid volunteer hours
- Corporate matching for charitable donations
- Potential for flexible working arrangements
- Free snacks and drinks
- Upscale offices close to public transportation
- Pet insurance
About FTI Consulting
What makes us unique? With more than 6,250 employees located in offices in every corner of the globe, we are the firm our clients call when their most important issues are at stake. Regardless of what level you are, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from top experts in your field on high-profile engagements that impact history. Our culture is collaborative, and we value diversity, recognition, development and making a difference in our communities.
FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been recognized as a Best Firm to Work For by Consulting magazine and one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes . For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter ( @FTIConsulting ), Facebook and LinkedIn .
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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