Medicaid Programmer, Healthcare Innovations

Education, Knowledge, and Experience

Undergraduate degree in Statistics, Epidemiology, Economics, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field.

At least 3 years of experience working directly with Medicaid administrative data, including claims and/or encounter data.

Strong hands-on experience using one or more programming or analytic languages (e.g., SQL, R, Python, STATA, or similar) to manage and analyze large datasets.

Demonstrated experience producing analytic datasets, summary tables, and figures for research or policy projects.

Familiarity with Medicaid data structures, coding systems (e.g., ICD, CPT, HCPCS, NDC), and enrollment or eligibility concepts.

is designed to reward our staff competitively and motivate them to achieve our critical mission. This position offers the anticipated annual salary as listed. Salary offers are made based on internal equity within the institution and external equity with competitive markets. Please note this is the annual salary range for candidates that are based in the United States.

$12,500

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$166,800 USD

Work with large-scale Medicaid administrative datasets, including eligibility, enrollment, claims, encounters, and provider files.

Extract, clean, recode, merge, and de-duplicate complex administrative data from multiple sources.

Convert and integrate data across analytic environments and formats (e.g., STATA, R, Python, SQL-based systems, mainframe extracts, or cloud-based platforms).

Perform data quality checks, logic checks, and validation analyses to ensure accuracy and completeness of analytic datasets.

Handle missing data, conduct outlier analyses, and construct derived variables and analytic measures.

Develop research-ready datasets to support health policy analysis, program evaluation, and reporting.

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.

Responsibilities:

Work with large-scale Medicaid administrative datasets, including eligibility, enrollment, claims, encounters, and provider files.

Extract, clean, recode, merge, and de-duplicate complex administrative data from multiple sources.

Convert and integrate data across analytic environments and formats (e.g., STATA, R, Python, SQL-based systems, mainframe extracts, or cloud-based platforms).

Perform data quality checks, logic checks, and validation analyses to ensure accuracy and completeness of analytic datasets.