MCRA, an IQVIA business, is a leading medical device advisory firm and clinical research organization (CRO). MCRA's value contribution rests within its industry experience at integrating five business value creators—regulatory, clinical research, reimbursement, healthcare compliance, and quality assurance—to provide a dynamic, market-leading effort from concept to commercialization. MCRA's integrated application of these key value-creating functions provides unparalleled expertise for its clients. MCRA has offices in Washington, DC, Manchester, CT, New York, NY, and a global presence in Japan and Europe and serves more than 1500 clients globally. Its core focus areas of therapeutic experience include orthopedics, spine, cardiovascular, neurology, digital health, diagnostic imaging, wound care, dental, general healthcare, robotics, and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices.
The Research Associate, Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access, will be a critical member of MCRA's Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access (RHEMA) team reporting directly to the Associate Director, Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access. This role will support reimbursement research and other consulting activities within the RHEMA team, with a focus on coverage, coding, and payment research; interviews with payers and providers; and preparation of client deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Research Medicare, Medicaid, and private-payer coverage, coding, and payment policies and amounts.
- Develop expert knowledge in health care reimbursement systems to be a resource to colleagues and clients.
- Be resourceful and tenacious in research assignments to obtain the needed information from online and telephone inquiries.
- Prepare deliverables in Microsoft Office that summarize research and present implications and recommendations for clients.
- Present research findings to colleagues and clients.
- Manage projects through careful tracking of progress against budgets and timelines
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree with a strong academic background and a rich exposure to the humanities, the sciences, and the social sciences.
- Strong research, analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines while working independently.
- Strong intellectual curiosity and a desire to develop an in-depth understanding of systems, business processes, and complex issues.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents.
- Knowledge of medical, anatomical, and physiological terminology preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and internet applications.
- Strong professionalism with customer relationships.
- Self-directed.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
MCRA, an IQVIA business, is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.
What We Do
MCRA is a highly specialized, independently operated consulting firm and Clinical Research Organization (CRO) serving the worldwide medical device industry. MCRA is a group of leading strategists committed to integrating regulatory, clinical, reimbursement, quality assurance, and healthcare compliance strategies to facilitate successful value creation for our clients. Founded in 2003, the firm provides “first-in-class” service to its clients through its superior knowledge base, global surgeon relationships, and deeply experienced management team. MCRA places particular emphasis on its expertise working with companies in all stages of development and throughout the technology life cycle by ushering technologies from the conceptual pre-clinical stage to market approval.
Our mission is to be the most experienced musculoskeletal strategic advisory team to guide our clients' products through the regulatory, clinical research, reimbursement, compliance and quality assurance processes quickly and successfully, to create maximum value for their shareholders.
Our vision is to be the market leading medical device advisory firm. Recognized as the market leading provider of regulatory, reimbursement, clinical research, compliance, quality assurance, and hospital services, MCRA’s vision is to provide the same leading quality of services throughout the medical device industry.
