Medicaid Actuarial Senior Consultant

This role involves providing actuarial consulting services to public sector clients, focusing on Medicaid reimbursement, rate development, forecasting, and fiscal analyses. It also includes supporting business development and participating in the transformation of the healthcare sector through innovative actuarial solutions, potentially including AI-driven approaches.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide strategic and technical consulting services to public sector clients
  2. Support engagements focused on Medicaid reimbursement, including actuarial rate development across managed care and fee-for-service, Medicaid policy, budget forecasting and fiscal analyses, and risk adjustment
  3. Support business development efforts for Federal and State governments, employer groups, and other public entities
  4. Participate in the transformation of the health care sector through innovative actuarial solutions, such as AI-driven solutions, development of frameworks inclusive of social drivers of health, and transition of payment models to value-based payment frameworks
  5. Address complex, ill-defined problems with strong technical and innovative approaches

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of health actuary experience and consulting and/or health plan/insurance company experience
  • 2+ years of experience with Medicaid managed care capitation rate development and/or fee-for-service rate development
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
  • Ability to travel up to 20-50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
  • Exam progress towards ASA or FSA
  • Bachelor’s Degree

Nice to have

  • ASA with progression to FSA, FSA, or career ASA designation
  • Experience providing Medicaid consulting services to Government agencies
  • Experience with Medicaid waivers (i.e., 1115, 1915 b/c, 1332)
  • Experience with risk adjustment mechanisms
  • Experience with Provider reimbursement streams (i.e., DSH, UPL, etc.)
  • Experience with health care reform and working knowledge of the individual medical and small group markets
  • Experience with Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement products for various enrollee types
  • Experience with reimbursement models – including value based care/ACO modeling
  • Knowledge of group insurance products including disability, long term care, etc.

What the JD emphasized

  • Medicaid reimbursement
  • actuarial rate development
  • AI-driven solutions