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Management & Program Analyst

The Management and Program Analyst is a member of the project team responsible for integration and maintenance of the Decision Support System at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. The Decision Support System is designated as the cost accounting system under the auspices of the National Office of Finance for the Veterans Health Administration.

Duties include utilizing and following VHA policies and regulations concerning patient privacy, patient records and VA Rules of Behavior. Develops positive relationships with stakeholders, researches medical center organizational structure to create appropriate staffing within cost guidelines, communicates effectively, both orally and in writing, with administrative personnel, supervisors, service chiefs and senior managers. Provides data-based recommendations for obtaining more accurate VERA funding, retrieves data from clinical programs to track with VERA and ARC for appropriate classification and provides feedback to clinical program. Develops data for administrative and clinical planning, creates lists of patients and reports for clinical programs to assist in tracking their program patients, particularly as it relates to VERA. Utilizes CDW, Proclarity cubes, Vista (including Fileman), VSSC, ARC, etc. to create audits for the VERA Coding Auditor. Develops recommendations for changes that affect data quality for all levels of the medical center. Establishes tracking report for each item in the VERA Action Plan. Identifies situations where VERA data seems inaccurate and investigates with local, VISN, and/or VHA staff. Develops methodologies for data analysis and reporting. Reviews audits that are outstanding from VERA Coding Auditor.

Requirements include being a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/27/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.