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Posted: February 5, 2026 (6 days ago)

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Supervisory Health Insurance Specialist (Division Director)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Department of Health and Human Services

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$169,279 - $197,200

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GS-1 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $21,996 - $27,534

Typical requirements: No experience required. High school diploma or equivalent.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to design, test, and run new healthcare programs that focus on preventing illness and improving care for groups of people, all while aiming to make healthcare better and more affordable.

It's a high-level director role in a government agency that handles Medicare and Medicaid.

A good fit would be someone with years of experience managing healthcare projects and policies, especially in payment systems and population health.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-14 level, including implementing healthcare payment programs or alternative payment models
  • Experience managing projects to improve healthcare delivery, population health, or disease prevention
  • Experience implementing policies related to Medicare or Medicaid payment or program operations
  • Ability to supervise staff, plan work, set priorities, and manage schedules
  • Skills in developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with healthcare providers
  • Current federal employees must have 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-14 level

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), State and Population Health Group (SPHG), Division of Health Care Delivery (DHCD).

As a Supervisory Health Insurance Specialist (Division Director), GS-0107-15, you will direct staff in the successful implementation and operation of preventive care and population health delivery models.

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position.

Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating.

This will prevent you from being considered further.

In order to qualify for the GS-15 grade level, you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: 1) Implementing programs related to healthcare payment, alternative healthcare payment models, or patient care; AND 2) Managing projects focused on improving healthcare delivery, population health, or prevention of disease; AND 3) Implementing policy related to Medicare or Medicaid payment or program operations.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: To be eligible, current Federal employees must have served at least 52 weeks (one year) at the next lower grade level from the position/grade level(s) to which they are applying.

Click the following link to view the occupational questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12874778 Major Duties:

  • Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
  • Execute the direction, design, implementation and operation of tests of preventive care and population health delivery models to achieve progress in the three-part goals of better care, better health and lower cost.
  • Seek and develop opportunities to expand Preventive and Population Health Care Models.
  • Manage the development of comprehensive health care and payment policies for new models.
  • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships through mutual understanding of providers' needs and concerns.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CMS-CMMI-26-12874778-IMP