The Cigna Group

Actuary – Medicare Part D

The Cigna Group

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $109,400 - $182,300 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

PythonSQL

About the role

  • Provide external actuarial analytics support within the regulated Medicare market and PBM Healthplan space for Express Scripts’ Medicare Part D business
  • Co-lead development of Actuarial analytics products for Express Scripts existing Part D Plans
  • Perform financial analyses of proposed regulatory changes, CMS demonstration programs, and other CMS programs to determine financial impact
  • Develop actuarial models for prospective projections of Plan liability and premium impact sensitivities
  • Build models and project management functions to accelerate analytics tool development and identify gaps in Part D market
  • Lead studies to identify gaps in Part D Prescription Drug Health market to inform strategies
  • Drive analytics road map to optimize Part-D revenue and cost-reduction strategies for PDPs, MAPD, SNPs
  • Review Part D bid assumptions for Regulated Part D Health Plans; create analytics for bid substantiation for desk review and audits
  • Utilize independent judgement to perform complex customized actuarial analyses for Part D Health Plans
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to determine feasibility and financial implications of special programs
  • Apply Part D SME to facilitate analytics and insights for technical teams
  • Assist in Medicare Part D financial and operational strategy development
  • Train and educate non-actuarial teams on Part D market financial and analytics components

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Statistics, Finance or other quantitative field strongly preferred
  • 5+ years of actuarial experience or 3+ years of consulting experience
  • ASA (or near ASA) strongly preferred; FSA preferred
  • Part D Prescription Drug or Part D bid development consulting experience preferred
  • Regulated Markets Medicare Part D Experience
  • Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) / Healthcare / pharmaceutical experience preferred; consulting experience strongly preferred
  • Track record of managing multiple projects and teams that deliver client driven growth, insightful actions
  • Proven capabilities in modeling, forecasting, and predictive analytics
  • Strong communication and presentation skills; written/ verbal proficiency
  • Coding skills in either SQL, R, SAS, or Python strongly preferred
  • Extensive understanding of US Prescription drug supply chain and Medicare knowledge, with specific acumen in Part D, including but not limited to: Part D Bid Development, Desk Review & Audits
  • CMS Regulatory Compliance / Reporting
  • Financial Reconciliation Modeling
  • Trend Analyses Formulary Modeling
  • Network Optimization Modeling
  • Rebates Modeling
  • Market Landscape analytics
  • Risk Score Modeling
  • Ability to gather and analyze information, execute a map and execute strategies designed to aid in growth of existing business and building of new businesses preferred
  • Ability to structure ambiguous actuarial and financial analyses, and synthesize and communicate complex analyses in simple and digestible data driven takeaways to internal and external senior leadership teams preferred