The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) seeks people who are committed to producing high-quality work in an intellectually challenging environment.

MedPAC is a small, nonpartisan federal agency that advises the U.S. Congress on Medicare payments to health care providers and issues affecting access to and quality of care received by Medicare beneficiaries. MedPAC staff evaluate Medicare policies, develop options for consideration by the Commission, and present their work in regular public meetings. MedPAC publishes its recommendations and supporting analyses in two annual reports to the Congress and in other reports periodically mandated by the Congress. In addition, staff prepare analyses of proposed regulations, write issue briefs, and contribute to the preparation of Congressional testimony. They provide technical support as needed to staffs of Congressional committees through memos and briefings.

Senior Analyst

MedPAC analytic staff members evaluate Medicare policies, develop options for consideration by the Commission, and present their work in regular public meetings. They provide technical support as needed to Congressional committees through memos and briefings. Senior analysts must be able to frame policy questions and develop research plans with minimal supervision. They must be willing to work independently or as part of a team, taking or giving direction as needed by a particular project.

Analytical skills:

• ability to analyze Medicare policies, identify issues of relevance to the Congress, develop policy options and evaluate their implications
• resourcefulness to investigate complex issues and synthesize quantitative and qualitative information
• familiarity and comfort with statistics, econometrics, or microsimulation models
• ability to research varied topics as needed by the Commission

• ability to produce high-quality written work on time
• strong speaking skills to present research at MedPAC’s public meetings and to communicate with both technical and nontechnical audiences

• a graduate degree in economics, health services research, public policy, public health, or health administration
• at least five years of post-graduate experience with federal or state government, a policy research organization or trade association, or a health care provider