Policy analyst Jobs in Newark, NJ

Description

Milliman is growing its policy consulting with clients in Washington DC and across the US and is seeking a student with experience in healthcare policy analysis and familiarity with claims data sources for a temporary internship. The successful candidate will work on various policy research projects, which may include working with Milliman tools and data, generating claims-based research briefs, and assisting with client work. This position provides excellent opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Milliman's Washington DC location consults to all sectors of the health industry, as an extension of Milliman's existing New York-Atlanta Health Practice. This includes over 100 employees consulting to Payers, Providers, and Life Sciences companies. The successful candidate for this job opportunity will primarily serve client organizations in the healthcare industry through projects focused on policy, advocacy, and government relations.

The Healthcare Policy Analyst - Intern will work with Milliman consultants across the firm on the following tasks :

• Tracking key legislative proposals and regulatory actions in the healthcare industry and discussing implications with Milliman consultants and clients
• Proposing claims-based analyses based on current healthcare policy actions that will be relevant to Milliman's client base
• Designing claims-based data analyses to demonstrate Milliman's capabilities and expertise in the healthcare policy arena
• Drafting brief research articles or white papers highlighting claims-based insights related to emerging healthcare policy activity

The time period of this internship will align with Milliman's 9 week summer actuarial internship program, allowing the candidate to learn and grow along with our actuarial interns. The successful candidate will be assigned various mentors who will serve as resources throughout the program, and will have access to educational sessions as well as participating in research and client projects and producing a final personal project-based deliverable to be developed in conjunction with the intern's learning goals.

Qualifications

Compensation

Timing

Location

Benefits

We offer competitive benefits which include the following based on plan eligibility :

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)