The Data Analyst (DA) is a full-time position supporting health services and health economics research investigating healthcare payment, quality, and spending using Medicare claims, administrative, and encounter data through the Medicare Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC). Specifically, this person will participate in a multidisciplinary team to conduct research in three main areas:

The impact of telemedicine on low-value care - We leverage heterogeneity in health systems’ adoption of telemedicine to understand how telemedicine might influence the use of low-value services (medical care that has little to no benefit for patients yet can cause direct and cascading harms).

Primary care payment innovation - There is vigorous policy debate in DC these days about how Medicare should pay for primary care. We are studying the adoption and unintended consequences of Medicare’s new payment mechanisms.

Vertical integration - Over the last decade, traditional insurance companies have acquired provider organizations (e.g., physician practices, infusion centers, home health agencies), resulting in vertical integration between health insurance and health care delivery. We are investigating the effects of this integration on competition in the Medicare Advantage program, quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries, spending, provider competition, and provider turnover.

The DA will use SAS or STATA to create analytic files, perform data cleaning, write analytic code, perform quality checks on this code, perform analyses, prepare tables, and generate plots and visualizations of data. The DA will actively contribute to ongoing research projects and grant funding proposals, including scientific and administrative tasks. The DA will also contribute to manuscript writing and submission.

The DA will need excellent attention to detail and exceptional quantitative skills. Prior experience working with claims data strongly preferred, ideally with Medicare claims data specifically. Benefits would include connection a community of health services and health economics researchers and trainees at Brigham, Harvard, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

· A Bachelor’s Degree and 2-3 years of experience are required.

· Economics, statistics, or data science background with an interest in healthcare

· Fluency in programming languages required. STATA or SAS is strongly preferred, though will consider R

· Competency with MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access

· Experience working with large datasets, including familiarity with SQL for data management

· Excellent interpersonal skills

· Exceptional attention to detail

· Strong quantitative skills

· Good oral and written communication skills

· Organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks

· Capability to work independently, complete work, and meet deadlines with only general supervision

BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.