Health Economics Expert (Remote Contract)
Listing checked September 22, 2026 · pay as published by AfterQuery
Overview
AfterQuery creates expert evaluation data that frontier AI labs use to test and improve their models. The company needs health economists to write and score the economic evaluations used in those assessments. You will work as a remote, async contractor, set your own weekly hours, and commit at least 10 hours per week. Your work shapes how models reason about cost, evidence, and health outcomes. Projects continue over time, with no client deadlines or billable hour targets.
What You'll Do5
- 1Author realistic health economic evaluations that move from a defined research question to a final recommendation.
- 2Write reference answers that explain the methodological reasoning behind each modelling choice.
- 3Grade model output for analytical soundness and test the defensibility of assumptions.
- 4Flag analyses that appear plausible yet would mislead a payer or regulator.
- 5Apply health economics methods to evaluation data used by frontier AI labs.
Requirements12
- 1Graduate degree (MS, MPH or PhD) in health economics, economics, public health, epidemiology or a related quantitative field.
- 23+ years of professional or research experience in health economics or outcomes research.
- 3Hands-on work building economic models.
- 4Clear written English for documenting methodological reasoning.
- 5Ability to commit at least 10 hours per week.
- 6Modelling experience with R, TreeAge, Excel and VBA, Stata or SAS.
- 7Work with claims or EHR databases such as MarketScan, Optum, IQVIA, Medicare, SEER-Medicare or Flatiron.
- 8Background preparing submissions for NICE, ICER, CADTH, PBAC, IQWiG or AMCP.
- 9ISPOR membership, conference presentations, or peer-reviewed publications that apply economic evaluation methods.
- 10Prior chart review, utilization review, or QA experience.
- 11Experience teaching clinical content or precepting NP students.
- 12DNP or another specialty certification.
Who Should Apply
The role fits a health economist with a graduate degree and at least three years in outcomes research or health economics. You have built economic models before and can explain the reasoning behind each assumption in writing. People who lack hands-on model-building or cannot set aside 10 hours each week will not fit this contract. Candidates also score low when they bring clinical expertise alone without economic evaluation experience, or when their written work does not make methodological choices clear.
Salary Insight
The contract pays $90 to $150 per hour through Stripe. That range sits high for remote health economics contract work and matches candidates with a graduate degree, several years of outcomes research, and direct model-building experience. Pay comes per hour, so total earnings depend on the hours you choose each week.
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Lead with concrete examples of economic models you built, the methods you applied, and any payer submission dossiers you prepared. Name tools such as R, TreeAge, Excel with VBA, or SAS, plus claims or EHR databases you used, because these details signal fit for authoring and grading evaluations.
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