Health Services Data Analyst Senior

Elevance Health; Rocky Hill (CT); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking a Health Services Data Analyst Senior to monitor and evaluate quality across complex health care programs in Connecticut, including Medicaid behavioral health services and related initiatives. The role blends office collaboration with hybrid work, focusing on data-driven quality improvement and performance measurement.

Responsibilities include dashboards, data analysis, reporting, and collaborating with internal stakeholders and state partners to ensure compliance with

Qualifications

• Requires a B.A. or B.S. degree with 4–6 years related experience.
• Experience in quality assurance, data validation, and visualization.
• Proficient in analyzing Medicaid or health care data and generating actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Participate in development, maintenance, and reporting in the Quality Management Project Plan and performance targets.
• Prepare and communicate information regarding health care programs and their quality.
• Recommend changes to meet government and company standards.
• Create and maintain databases to track business performance.
• Analyze data and summarize performance using statistical approaches.
• Develop and analyze business performance reports (claims, provider, utilization data).
• Translate business requirements into diagnostic data and decision-support tools.
• Support Connecticut Initiative through data analysis, reporting, and quality-measurement activities.

Skills

Data analysis

Quality assurance

Data visualization

SAS

Tableau

Excel

Healthcare data

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAS

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Health Services Data Analyst Senior

Location: This role requires associates be in the office 1-2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Health Services Data Analyst Senior monitors and evaluates quality of complex and/or highly sensitive health care programs related to supporting Connecticut HUSKY Health Medicaid behavioral health services, quality measurement and performance improvement, including major initiatives such as Rural Health Transformation, the 1115 Substance Use Waiver, the CCBHC, and related to supporting Child and Family Division.

How you will make an Impact:

• Participate in development, maintenance, and reporting in the Quality Management Project Plan, Performance Targets, PAR program profiles and other contractual obligations.
• Prepares and communicates information to appropriate parties regarding health care programs and their level of quality.
• Recommends changes in areas of deficiency to bring area up to government and company regulations and standards.
• Creates and maintains databases to track business performance.
• Analyzes data and summarizes performance using summary statistical procedures.
• Develops and analyzes business performance reports (e.g. for claims data, provider data, utilization data) and provides notations of performance deviations and anomalies.
• May require taking business issue and devising best way to develop appropriate diagnostic and/or tracking data that will translate business requirements into usable decision support tools.
• Supports the Connecticut Initiative through data analysis, reporting, and quality-measurement activities. Develops, maintains, and enhances provider-facing dashboards to support performance monitoring and quality improvement.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires B.A. or B.S degree; with 4-6 years related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Experiences and Competencies:

• Expertise in quality assurance, checking, validating, analyzing, and visualizing data that drives results, encourages strategic decision-making, improves quality outcomes, and provides answers to population health questions.
• Experience using SAS statistical software to analyze data and create queries.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing interactive Tableau dashboards.
• Medicaid claims experience, preferably involving behavioral health claims data.
• Knowledge of behavioral health system of care in Connecticut.
• Moderate to advanced Excel skills.
• Experience analyzing program outcomes and performance trends to identify quality-improvement opportunities.
• Experience presenting data findings and providing dashboard training to internal stakeholders, state partners and provider organizations.
• Knowledge of Medicaid quality measures and integrated care programs.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.