Managing Consultant - Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

Mathematica is seeking a managing consultant who is committed to advancing opportunities for people with disabilities and older adults to live in and actively engage with their communities. The successful candidate should have expertise with long-term services and supports (LTSS) policy and implementation work, including home and community-based services (HCBS), institutional-based long-term care, or both. Through our HCBS practice, we collaborate with government agencies, providers, and community organizations to improve programs for older adults and those with behavioral health needs or intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities. We work to address a range of LTSS needs: program design and implementation, service access and delivery, Olmstead planning and compliance, payment strategy, community engagement, and more. Our staff are also experts in adjacent programs such as vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, and care integration for individuals who receive both Medicare and Medicaid benefits. We are soliciting candidates with experience with HCBS or LTSS programs within a state’s Medicaid or HCBS administrative agencies such as health, human services, area offices on aging, behavioral health, or other appropriate entity. Experience managing public aging, disability, or behavioral health programs within state agencies or applicable managed care, provider, or third-party consultants is preferred. The successful candidate will have a working understanding of federal authorities relevant to HCBS such as section 1915 waivers, 1115 demonstration authorities, and programs such as Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and Money Follows the Person. Understanding and engagement with current issues related to HCBS delivery including person-centered planning, community-based housing, the direct care workforce, quality monitoring, and program integrity is also preferred. Experience using Medicaid claims, assessment, case management, housing, experience of care or other programmatic data for monitoring and improvement is preferred, but not required. Duties of the position: Lead or participate actively and thoughtfully in multidisciplinary teams to improve, implement, monitor, and advise on state policy and programs. Provide consulting services to state and local clients, support the development of new health policies, assist with the development of reimbursement policy to support health objectives, advise on the preparation of submissions to CMS and other approving entities, as appropriate, and support clients with the negotiations of new policies and programs when needed. Provide the energy, direction, and organization needed to help keep projects on time and on budget and facilitate communications across and between internal and external stakeholders. Author client memos, technical assistance tools, issue briefs, chapters of analytic reports, and webinar presentations. Conduct research that applies impartial data collection, analysis, and reporting using quantitative or qualitative techniques. Lead and help develop proposals for new projects. Represent the company's expertise through various mechanisms, such as publications, conferences, and technical communications. Interact directly with state officials to implement and assess programs. Contribute to the growth, expertise, and institutional knowledge of other state health and Medicaid staff.