Job Summary

The Health Analysis Division (HAD) seeks an analyst to model the effects of health policies and prepare technical information, reports, and testimony for Congress. The division is developing modeling capacity across a range of health policy areas, including health insurance markets and enrollment, cost sharing in Medicare, long-term care, and prescription drug prices and spending (for example, price negotiation in Medicare Part D).

Job Description

Special consideration will be given to applicants with expertise in one or more of the following methods or topics: microsimulation, forecasting, Medicaid, long-term care, prevention, prescription drugs, commercial health insurance, and medical prices in the commercial market. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in biostatistics, data science, economics, health economics, health policy, public policy, statistics, or a related discipline, or a master's degree in one of those disciplines with a quantitative focus and at least three years of relevant experience. That experience may include health policy analysis or applied statistical modeling or forecasting. Applicants should have an interest in the development of policy-relevant models, strong quantitative skills, experience with large-scale data and reproducible workflows, and an in-depth knowledge of at least one programming language (with a preference for Python or R). Applicants should want to work on issues of current or potential legislative interest to the Congress; be able to initiate and complete research projects both independently and with a team; and be able to clearly present their work orally and in writing to nontechnical audiences. People who are not citizens of the United States should review CBO's citizenship requirements or contact [email protected] for assistance in determining eligibility. This position follows a hybrid work schedule and requires employees to work in person in the Washington, D.C., office on designated core days. Additional in-office days may be required on the basis of operational needs. Full-time telework is not available for this position.