Physician

<p>This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Policy and Programs Group (PPG). As a Physician, GS-0602-15, the incumbent serves as a Medical Officer to the PPG Director and Deputy Director. PPG has responsibility for cross-cutting operational and policy functions across CMMI's entire portfolio of payment models and initiatives.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Provides clinical expertise and guidance - Serve as a Medical Officer to PPG leadership by providing clinical, scientific, and technical guidance on the design and direction of CMMI payment models and initiatives.</p><p>Develops and refines payment and service delivery models - Design, plan, implement, and test innovative payment and health care service delivery models, including Advanced APMs, Medicare, Medicaid, and integrated care delivery models.</p><p>Serves as a clinical subject matter expert and quality advisor on quality initiatives, leading the development, refinement, and alignment of electronic and digital quality measures across CMMI models and CMS quality programs.</p><p>Analyzes program performance and resolves policy issues - Review, analyze, and evaluate model implementation, identify trends and program issues, measure progress toward goals, and develop policy and program improvement options.</p><p>Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with providers, medical specialty groups, advocacy organizations, contractors, academia, state and legislative entities, professional associations, Congress, and other health care stakeholders.</p><p>Represents PPG and CMMI before national health care organizations and other external audiences.</p><h3>Education</h3>If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. This position requires specific coursework and/or a degree to meet the basic education requirement. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Your transcript(s) must clearly demonstrate the course(s) listed in the qualification requirement section. If the transcript(s) does not clearly demonstrate this you must submit a copy of the course description and/or other documentation demonstrating that the courses are equivalent. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.