Experienced Public Policy Analyst Any city, AR, US, 99999 - Gainwell Technologies

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As a Public Policy Analyst supporting the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program at Gainwell, you will serve as a senior contributor and thought partner to the State. You will play a lead role in the design, development, and ongoing maintenance of pay‑for‑performance measures that support medical home models of care. The PCMH program is designed to improve quality of care, patient outcomes, patient experience, staff satisfaction, and healthcare efficiency, while minimizing overall costs.

Incentive payments driven by performance measures are calculated and issued to PCMH providers to encourage innovation and excellence and to support the added costs of care coordination and practice transformation. The measures are also used to assess and report medical home performance for use in managing the Medicaid program and to inform participating providers through a PCMH portal. In this role, you will apply deep data expertise and policy insight—particularly within Arkansas Medicaid —to influence incentive measure design and help the state manage a set of incentivized metrics to ensure the greatest impact on care delivery.

This position requires a strong understanding of how incentive measures influence provider behavior, healthcare outcomes, and the broader Arkansas healthcare delivery ecosystem, enabling effective collaboration with clients to continuously improve program performance.

Your role in our mission

• Play a critical role in shaping PCMH program effectiveness measurements and incentive payment strategies to align with client program, policy, and organizational goals.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to state stakeholders on PCMH program direction and tradeoffs.
• Take a leading role in helping the state document, interpret, develop and enhance PCMH program policies and procedures.
• Research national incentive methodologies, PCMH program operations, and the broader healthcare delivery ecosystem to recommend program improvements.
• Assess the impact of incentive metric changes, policy updates, and funding options on Arkansas Fee‑for‑Service (FFS) providers.
• Own the translation of business needs into clear data, system, and policy requirements.
• Work with and guide the Data Analyst team to apply advanced analytical techniques to