Description
Job Description:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is America’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,700 sites of care, serving 8.76 million Veterans each year. For decades, the VHA has been a pioneer and leader in healthcare innovation. Today, wearable technologies, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, 3-D printing, and telehealth capabilities are driving significant and growing segments within the healthcare market. These emerging technologies, which are poised to transform care experience and service, can require enormous up-front investments and if not carefully designed, developed, and validated and/or tested in real-world settings, can yield little value to healthcare system or the patients it serves.
The AVAIL – Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning – indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract serves as an opportunity to further the VA’s long-standing tradition as a pioneer in medical innovation and VHA’s journey towards excelling as a learning organization by offering VHA and the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) the availability to augment its ongoing design, development, and testing efforts around healthcare innovation in order to looking to increase efficiency and optimize their clinicians’ professional capabilities as well as to be better prepared to handle unexpected challenges, such as the COVID pandemic . OHIL has identified 5 major innovation task categories or “growth areas” in which ongoing efforts are focused on: (1) Personalized Care; (2) Data Transformation; (3) Digital Care; (4) Immersive Technology; and (5) Care and Service Delivery Models. AVAIL will augment VHA and OHIL’s capacity, through subject matter expertise, to design, develop, and test novel solutions and accompanying care and service models in the real-world setting of the VHA, ensuring that solutions create meaningful value for VHA clinicians, administrators, caregivers, and most importantly, Veterans, before being scaled into clinical production. This is an excellent opportunity to make a difference every day in the work you do and positively impact the lives of millions. Let’s talk about how great it would feel to end each day knowing what you do matters to so many! Apply now for details on this exciting program.
Leidos is looking for Sr. Data Scientist to support Center for Care and Payment Innovation (CCPI) Performance-Based Payment Model (PBPM) on the Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (AVAIL) program. This position serves on a program/contract to develop and drive innovative care and payment models that advance high-value care and deliver holistic impact for Veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, Center for Care and Payment Innovation (CCPI) is focused on developing a performance-based payment innovation model for care delivered in the home.
Primary Responsibilities
Provide ad hoc reports as requested.
Comply with all contract requirements, schedules, and provisions.
Basic Qualifications
Master’s degree in statistics, mathematics, or computer science with 8+ years of prior relevant experience.
Experience in applying various machine learning technologies including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcing learning techniques.
Experience working with cloud based analytic environments.
Experience working with synthetic data models and cohorts.
Experience with developing and analyzing data models and cohorts specific to the healthcare field.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $94,250.00 - $145,000.00 - $195,750.00#Remote
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About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
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