Chief Administrive Law Judge Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals Summary The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) administers the third level of Medicare appeals and is committed to fair, timely, and impartial adjudicion. The Chief Administrive Law Judge (CALJ) leads OMHA's nionwide operions, providing executive leadership, stregic direction, and judicial oversight while ensuring Medicare appeals are adjudiced in accordance with applicable laws, regulions, and Departmental policies. Learn more about this agency Summary The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) administers the third level of Medicare appeals and is committed to fair, timely, and impartial adjudicion. The Chief Administrive Law Judge (CALJ) leads OMHA's nionwide operions, providing executive leadership, stregic direction, and judicial oversight while ensuring Medicare appeals are adjudiced in accordance with applicable laws, regulions, and Departmental policies. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Phoenix, AZ Miami, FL Kansas City, MO Albuquerque, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $176,399 - $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade AL 1 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0935 Administrive Law Judge Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

HHS-OMHA-ALJ-26-12990150

Control number 882941900 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Clarificion from the agency This position is designed as a Schedule E (Excepted Service) position. Selectees generally appointed under Schedule E. However, a current

OMHA ALJ

serving in the competitive service who is selected will retain their competitive service stus in accordance with OPM guidance. Duties Help The Chief Administrive Law Judge (CALJ) leads OMHA's nionwide Medicare appeals program and is responsible for the overall management and direction of the organizion. The CALJ provides executive leadership for headquarters and field operions, oversees Medicare appeals adjudicion activities, and ensures Administrive Law Judges conduct fair and impartial hearings and issue decisions in accordance with applicable laws, regulions, and policies. The CALJ also establishes organizional priorities, performance goals, and operional stregies to support OMHA's mission. The CALJ oversees workforce planning, budget and resource management, and modernizion initiives to improve the efficiency, quality, timeliness, and consistency of Medicare appeals adjudicion. In addition, the CALJ serves as the principal advisor to Department leadership on Medicare hearings and appeals mters, represents OMHA and HHS before Federal and external stakeholders, and may personally hear and decide particularly complex, significant, or sensitive cases. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship required. Must successfully complete all pre-employment requirements. Subject to a suitability or fitness determinion based on a background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Must complete and maintain Executive Branch public financial disclosure requirements. Selective Service registrion requirements apply, where applicable. Employment is subject to all Federal ethics requirements and restrictions. May be subject to pre-employment and random drug tests.

Qualificions Mandory Requirements Applicants must:

Currently hold a Federal Administrive Law Judge position. Possess and maintain a valid license to practice law and be authorized to practice law under the laws of a Ste, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territorial court established under the United Stes Constitution. Judicial stus is acceptable in lieu of "active" stus in jurisdictions th prohibit sitting judges from maintaining active bar membership. Being in "good standing" is acceptable in lieu of "active" stus in jurisdictions where the licensing authority considers good standing to constitute authorizion to practice law. Have served the AL-2 level or higher for least one year by the closing de of the announcement. Continue to sisfy all applicable Administrive Law Judge qualificion and licensure requirements throughout employment. Executive and Technical Qualificions Applicants should demonstre: Extensive knowledge of administrive law, adjudicion, and the Medicare program. Experience leading large, geographically dispersed organizions. Ability to lead organizional transformion and stregic change. Experience managing human capital, budgets, technology, and operional resources. Demonstred ability to make legally sound, timely, and defensible decisions. Experience building partnerships and collaboring with senior Federal officials and external stakeholders. Commitment to judicial independence, fairness, integrity, and public service. Recent, significant leadership experience addressing substantial backlogs of complex adjudicory mters while maintaining timely, high-quality service delivery amid fluctuing case volumes, changing priorities, and resource constraints. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion HHS has a critical preparedness and response mission: HHS protects the American people from health thres, research emerging diseases, and mobilizes public health programs with domestic and internional partners. In support of this mission, HHS offers its employees the opportunity to volunteer to become Federal Civilian Detailees and contribute their unique skills through voluntary temporary assignments to humanitarian emergencies or Departmental priorities countering new and emerging health, safety, and security thres.

Probionary Period:

An administrive law judge receives a career appointment and is exempt from the probionary period requirements under 5 CFR Part 930 Subpart B.

Preferred Experience:

Highly qualified candides typically possess experience leading complex adjudicory organizions and driving organizional transformion, operional excellence, and workforce engagement. Standards of Conduct/Financial Disclosure HHS inspires public confidence by maintaining high ethical principles, and all Federal Government employees are subject to the conflict-of-interest stutes and regulions, including the Standards of Ethical Conduct , th govern activities with outside organizions and reporting financial holdings. The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521 also requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278 , prior to assuming the position, annually thereafter, and upon terminion of employment. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Policy Stement :

HHS is an equal opportunity employer. The Department provides reasonable accommodions to applicants and employees with disabilities and complies with all applicable Federal civil rights, equal employment opportunity, and merit system principles. Employment Informion Resources -

Resource Center :

https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to If applying online poses a hardship to you, you may submit your applicion by contacting an agency representive in the agency contact section of this announcement. Reasonable Accommodion Policy Stement Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities where approprie. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact an agency representive in the agency contact section of this announcement. Requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Veterans Preference Veterans Preference applies as far as administrively feasible. Selective Service Selective Service registrion requirements apply, where applicable: https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx OPM must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose th to the Human Resources Office. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. OMHA will evalue applicants based on how well their experience, accomplishments, and qualificions demonstre the mandory and technical qualificions for this position. Applicants should provide complete and accure informion describing their leadership experience, executive accomplishments, and technical expertise. Informion submitted through the applicion process may be reviewed, evalued, and verified through interviews, reference checks, and other assessment methods. Applicants determined to be among the best qualified candides may be referred to the selecting official for further considerion. Interviews may be required as part of the selection process. Additional assessment methods may also be used to evalue candides' qualificions and suitability for the position. Failure to provide all required applicion merials or to participe in required assessment activities may result in removal from further considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To receive considerion, all required documents must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Resume (Required) Submit a resume th clearly demonstres your qualificions and experience relevant to this position. Your resume must specifically address the Mandory and Technical Qualificions identified in this announcement and must not exceed two (2) pages. Failure to provide sufficient informion may impact your eligibility and considerion for this position. Assessment Questionnaire (Required) Complete the online assessment questionnaire as part of the applicion process. SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (Required) Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 th identifies your current position, pay plan, grade, step, salary, tenure, and position title. This document used to verify eligibility. Proof of Licensure (Required) Submit documention demonstring th you possess and maintain a valid license to practice law and be authorized to practice law under the laws of a Ste, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territorial court established under the United Stes Constitution. Judicial stus is acceptable in lieu of "active" stus in jurisdictions th prohibit sitting judges from maintaining active bar membership. Being in "good standing" is acceptable in lieu of "active" stus in jurisdictions where the licensing authority considers good standing to constitute authorizion to practice law. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.

• To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
• Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package.
• It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.

Failure to provide all required documents and informion requested by the closing de will result in your applicion not being To verify your applicion is complete , log into your USAJOBS account https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Applicion Stus link, and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/15/2026. Agency contact informion Gregory Stewart Phone 202-401-5714 Gregory.

Stewart@hhs.gov Address Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals 2550 S. Clark Street, Suite 2001 Arlington, VA 22202 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to .Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To receive considerion, all required documents must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Resume (Required) Submit a resume th clearly demonstres your qualificions and experience relevant to this position. Your resume must specifically address the Mandory and Technical Qualificions identified in this announcement and must not exceed two (2) pages. Failure to provide sufficient informion may impact your eligibility and considerion for this position. Assessment Questionnaire (Required) Complete the online assessment questionnaire as part of the applicion process. SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (Required) Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 th identifies your current position, pay plan, grade, step, salary, tenure, and position title. This document used to verify eligibility. Proof of Licensure (Required) Submit documention demonstring th you possess and maintain a valid license to practice law and be authorized to practice law under the laws of a Ste, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territorial court established under the United Stes Constitution. Judicial stus is acceptable in lieu of "active" stus in jurisdictions th prohibit sitting judges from maintaining active bar membership. Being in "good standing" is acceptable in lieu of "active" stus in jurisdictions where the licensing authority considers good standing to constitute authorizion to practice law. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.

• To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
• Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package.
• It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.

Failure to provide all required documents and informion requested by the closing de will result in your applicion not being To verify your applicion is complete , log into your USAJOBS account https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Applicion Stus link, and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/15/2026. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Gregory Stewart Phone 202-401-5714 Gregory.

Stewart@hhs.gov Address Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals 2550 S. Clark Street, Suite 2001 Arlington, VA 22202 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, sign in to your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to .Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Phoenix, AZ Miami, FL Kansas City, MO Albuquerque, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $176,399 - $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade AL 1 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

HHS-OMHA-ALJ-26-12990150

Control number 882941900