The Opportunity
As a Client Account Manager, Medicaid Finance & Program Integrity, you will lead client growth, solution development, and strategic advisory services across Medicaid finance, payment integrity, and program integrity markets. This role combines deep Medicaid financial and policy expertise with client relationship management, business development, and thought leadership responsibilities.
You will serve as a trusted advisor to federal and state Medicaid leaders, helping clients strengthen payment accuracy, improve financial oversight, reduce improper payments, and modernize program integrity approaches. This individual will bring recognized expertise in Medicaid financing, payment methodologies, federal claiming requirements, and financial management, with the ability to translate complex policy and operational challenges into practical, scalable solutions.
To be successful, you will have experience supporting CMS, CMCS, state Medicaid agencies, or Medicaid managed care organizations, with expertise in payment integrity, financial oversight, HCBS financing and oversight, Section 1115 demonstrations, and Medicaid operations.
Core Responsibilities
Client Leadership & Growth
Serve as a strategic advisor to CMS, state Medicaid agencies, and other healthcare stakeholders.
Build and maintain trusted executive-level client relationships.
Identify, shape, and pursue strategic growth opportunities aligned with client priorities and Abt's capabilities.
Lead client engagement activities, account planning, and on-contract growth activities.
Represent Abt as a thought leader at conferences, industry forums, and client meetings to strengthen market visibility and relationships.
Medicaid Finance & Program Integrity Leadership
Advise clients on Medicaid financing structures, federal claiming requirements, provider payment methodologies, home and community-based services (HCBS) rate setting and oversight, state financial management, and managed care oversight.
May advise on Section 1115 financing, budget neutrality, expenditure authorities, and the financing implications of evolving federal demonstration policy.
Connect eligibility, coverage, benefit policy to claims adjudication, payment operations, and financial oversight to identify downstream financial and program integrity risks.
Provide expertise in Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM), improper payment prevention, claims compliance, payment risk identification, pre- and post- payment reviews, audits, corrective action strategies and strategies to improve payment accuracy.
Data, Technology & Innovation
Partner with policy experts, technologists, and data scientists to develop innovative Medicaid payment integrity solutions.
Advise on the use of analytics, predictive modeling, anomaly detection, and artificial intelligence to identify payment risks and prevent improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse.
Support development of scalable tools, accelerators, and AI-enabled solutions that strengthen Medicaid oversight and program integrity.
Promote proactive, data-driven approaches that identify and prevent payment errors before they occur.
Business Development & Solutioning
Lead or support capture, proposal development, and solution design for Medicaid finance, program integrity, and analytics’ opportunities.
Identify, develop, and manage a Medicaid sales pipeline aligned with the Health market priorities and Abt’s growth strategy
Translate complex policy, financial, and operational challenges into differentiated client solutions and value propositions.
Collaborate across business development, delivery, digital, and advisory teams to develop integrated solutions and position Abt for growth.
Thought Leadership & Capability Building
Contribute to white papers, publications, conference presentations, and other market-facing content that demonstrates expertise in Medicaid finance and payment integrity.
Mentor staff and build organizational expertise in Medicaid finance, payment…