Data Scientist, Health Outcomes & HOS Analytics

Socket.dev; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignment Health seeks a Data Scientist to join our Stars team, focusing on HOS to model member health trajectories and drivers behind Star Ratings performance.

You will collaborate with clinical, care management, and engineering teams to build predictive models, validate CMS methodologies, and translate insights into targeted interventions that improve outcomes and measure performance.

Qualifications

• PhD required in CS/Engineering/Math/Stats or related field.
• Demonstrated CMS HOS survey methodology experience.
• Knowledge of HOS measures and CMS Star Ratings procedures.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience delivering end-to-end data science solutions with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Stars, clinical, and care management leaders to drive HOS performance drivers.
• Build models predicting member-level risk of HOS outcomes and survey response.
• Analyze item-level HOS data to identify drivers of performance.
• Develop dashboards tracking HOS performance against Star Rating cut points.

Skills

Python

Java

R

Scala

C++

SQL

Data visualization

Statistical analysis

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

VM environments

Job description

Alignment Health seeks a Data Scientist to join our Stars team, focusing on HOS to model member health trajectories and drivers behind Star Ratings performance.

You will collaborate with clinical, care management, and engineering teams to build predictive models, validate CMS methodologies, and translate insights into targeted interventions that improve outcomes and measure performance.