Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) Policy Analyst (OPA3)
About the position The Oregon Health Authority has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Policy Analyst to join an excellent team. This is an OPA3 full-time, 17-month LIMITED DURATION, classified position in the Health Policy and Analytics Division, Office of Health Analytics. The primary purpose of Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) Policy Analyst position is to meet the Health Care Market Oversight Program's statutory charge to review proposed transactions involving health care entities. The HCMO Policy Analyst will be responsible for leading legislatively mandated 1-year, 2-year, and 5-year follow-up transaction reviews. The HCMO Policy Analyst will be responsible for gathering information from a variety of sources reviewing and synthesizing the information in accordance with the program's analytic framework, developing reports and other public-facing materials for each transaction, receiving and reviewing required reporting and other conditions of compliance from health care entities, and overall project management for follow-up reviews. The HCMO Policy Analyst will also lead initial transaction reviews for less complex transactions, as needed, and contribute to the creation of broader program deliverables (e.g. annual reports, guidance documents). The Policy Analyst will facilitate the identification and implementation of process improvements after each transaction review as the program continues to grow. The Policy Analyst is a member of the Cost Team within the Office of Health Policy and will work closely with other policy and research analysts across the Health Policy and Analytics Division in OHA, as well as other OHA and DCBS programs. Responsibilities • Lead legislatively mandated 1-year, 2-year, and 5-year follow-up transaction reviews. • Gather information from various sources and synthesize it according to the program's analytic framework. • Develop reports and public-facing materials for each transaction. • Receive and review required reporting and compliance conditions from health care entities. • Manage projects for follow-up reviews. • Lead initial transaction reviews for less complex transactions as needed. • Contribute to the creation of broader program deliverables such as annual reports and guidance documents. • Facilitate the identification and implementation of process improvements after each transaction review. Requirements • A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills. • Four years of professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work. • Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification. Nice-to-haves • At least four years of experience conducting policy analysis, policy research, or qualitative evaluation, including literature reviews or other information compilation. • At least four years of experience writing reports, articles, or other public-facing products that required synthesizing information from multiple sources. • Demonstrated organizational and time management skills, including ability to coordinate competing priorities. • Proven ability to communicate with diverse audiences effectively and professionally. • Experience or subject-matter expertise in health care transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations. • Knowledge of health care industry consolidation and impacts of consolidation. • Experience or knowledge of the Oregon health care system. • Knowledge of state and federal health policy. Benefits • Full medical, vision and dental coverage. • Paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and eleven paid holidays per year. • Pension and retirement plans. Apply tot his job