Healthcare Data Analyst - Jefferson Health Plan

Jefferson Health; United States; Presencial; USD 80.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Jefferson Health seeks a Healthcare Data Analyst to join the Healthcare Economics (HCE) team. You will compile, verify, and analyze data for trend analyses related to clinical, provider, and senior management requirements, and help define datasets for use by Health Partners Plans’ departments.

You will gain exposure to financial and clinical analytics, develop executive-level reports, and support decision-making with dashboards and BI tools such as Qlik, MicroStrategy, and MS Excel/Access.

Formación

• Bachelors or higher in actuarial science, math, statistics or analytical field.
• 2 years healthcare experience with utilization review, case management, managed care, data analysis or QA.
• Experience with CPT/ICD-10 coding and DRG’s a plus.
• Proficient in SQL and data visualization concepts.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsabilidades

• Create accurate reports for departmental decisions using BI tools.
• Provide utilization, trend, and outcomes analyses from claims and membership data.
• Develop and maintain dashboards for frequently requested reports.
• Analyze data to identify drivers of trends and cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure data integrity and support data governance initiatives.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Quantitative analysis

SQL

Excel

Data visualization

Communication

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or analytical field

Herramientas

Qlik

MicroStrategy

MS Access

MS Excel

Descripción del empleo

Number of Positions In Requisition 1 Job Details The Healthcare Economics (HCE) team's primary function is to provide various clinical and financial analyses to management to support the business decision process. In addition, the team will provide consistent, accurate reporting to help management from other departments do their jobs more effectively. The healthcare data analyst will be responsible for compiling, verifying, and analyzing data for trend and other analyses related to clinical, provider, and senior management requirements. This person will also be involved in defining and verifying consistent, reliable datasets for use by all Health Partners Plans' departments. They will gain exposure to a broad range of financial, clinical and analytical issues.

Job Summary The Healthcare Economics (HCE) team's primary function is to provide various clinical and financial analyses to management to support the business decision process. In addition, the team will provide consistent, accurate reporting to help management from other departments do their jobs more effectively. The healthcare data analyst will be responsible for compiling, verifying, and analyzing data for trend and other analyses related to clinical, provider, and senior management requirements. This person will also be involved in defining and verifying consistent, reliable datasets for use by all Health Partners Plans' departments. They will gain exposure to a broad range of financial, clinical and analytical issues.

Essential Functions:

• Create accurate and meaningful reports for departmental and management decision-making using Qlik, MicroStrategy, MS Access, MS Excel, healthcare business intelligence tools and other reporting tools as necessary.
• Provide utilization and outcome analysis, trend and other reports involving authorizations, claims, and membership data.
• Analyze data in order to uncover underlying utilization patterns and identify clinical and medical delivery drivers of trends.
• Examples of data analyses include, but are not limited to: identifying and tracking members for disease and case management, incentive and rewards programs, monitoring and evaluation of performance-based contracting, analysis of demographic mix, benefit changes, fee schedule updates, medical trends and marketing evaluation of expansion opportunities.
• Analyze data for quality improvement studies and analysis (quantitative and qualitative) including trending, statistical analysis, and complex drill down of data to evaluate root causes.
• Maintain and automate reports to support productivity and return on investment programs.
• Verify and analyze report data and prepare documentation of processes needed for development and improvement of applications.
• Help implement improved applications and processes, where appropriate.
• Prepare, verify and maintain dashboards, which contain frequently requested data and reports, that are professional looking, clear and user-friendly.
• Analyze data for anomalies and assist with checking data integrity.
• Serve as a technical resource to management and staff in developing specific questions to be analyzed while determining the appropriate analysis methodology, performing analysis and strategy development.
• Effectively communicate results of analysis to the intended audience: staff, management, senior-level, and/or executive.
• Research issues to determine source of discrepancies.
• Manage, navigate and mine data from current and future systems and develop streamlined, simplified and reliable information to improve business decisions.
• Develop executive level reports summarizing the financial impacts of quality improvement and cost savings initiatives and revenue projections.
• Develop a working knowledge of the DHS/CMS Risk Adjustment process, HEDIS, NCQA Accreditation, and CMS Stars Program.
• Work with other departments to serve as a subject-matter-expert for claims, membership, utilization, and clinical data.
• Prepare reports for owner and provider groups and share the reports directly with provider representatives.
• Explain the reports and help them develop initiatives to improve member health, improve member satisfaction and reduce medical costs.
• Analyze providers, both PCP’s and specialists, on the basis of efficiency and effectiveness and develop meaningful reports to help them find areas for improvement.
• Support company-wide initiatives to improve processes and streamline and integrate systems to improve data consistency and integrity.
• Peer review work of other HCE associates, as requested.

Education - Required Bachelor’s Degree or higher degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or other analytical field of study.

Experience - Required 2 years or of clinical/healthcare experience with emphasis on utilization review, case management, managed care, data analysis and/or quality assurance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Required

Experience with provider coding practices using CPT, ICD-10 diagnosis codes, and DRG’s a plus.

Understanding of delivery and reimbursement of medical services in a managed care environment.

Familiarity with the role disease management, utilization management and care management play in a managed care organization.

Strong problem-solving, quantitative and analytical skills.

Ability to use business intelligence query tools, computer spreadsheet (Excel), and database languages (Access and others at advanced level).

Working knowledge of SQL.

Knowledge of Medicare Insurance and policies preferred.

Proven skills in report writing and report development.

Dashboard development skills a plus.

Proven skills with data presentation including charts, graphs and other exhibits.

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Ability to explain technical terms to non-technical people and to explain business situations to technical teams.

Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and changing priorities.

Ability to quickly learn and implement knowledge of new technical processes.

Must pay attention to details.

Excellent organizational skills.

Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Health Partners Plans, Inc.

Primary Location Address 901 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.