Healthcare Economics Analytics Lead (Hybrid/Remote)

Highmark Health; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. in Michigan is seeking an experienced financial reporting professional to own the reporting for the strategic cost of care savings program.

You will gather financial data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, analyze data, and deliver an executive report with key insights into program impact. You will develop dashboards and reports showing total program impact, track outcomes, and provide strategic insights for focus areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or related area.
• 5 years of Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics and/or Actuarial Services in the health care payer sector.
• Master's Degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or related area is preferred.
• Strong coding background (R, R Shiny, Python, SQL) and dashboard experience (Tableau/Power BI/R Shiny) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends and prepare executive-ready presentations.
• Proficiency to extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Provide business areas with opportunity assessments of their strategic medical cost programs and project savings.
• Leverage analytics to drive independent medical cost insights and identify cost drivers for partners.
• Present clear, concise analytics in executive-quality presentations.
• Collaborate with other departments to develop the full analytical story.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data skills

SQL

SAS

Tableau

Healthcare analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Highmark Inc. in Michigan is seeking an experienced financial reporting professional to own the reporting for the strategic cost of care savings program.

You will gather financial data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, analyze data, and deliver an executive report with key insights into program impact. You will develop dashboards and reports showing total program impact, track outcomes, and provide strategic insights for focus areas.