Lead Analyst - Policy and Advocacy

Ascension Healthcare; Oregon City (OR); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Analyst to spearhead critical analytics projects that drive data-driven insights for healthcare delivery. This role involves evaluating the financial impacts of proposed policies and providing advanced analytical support to stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to lead innovative methodologies, mentor staff, and contribute to the transformation of healthcare services. Join a mission-driven team committed to improving healthcare access and quality, and make a significant impact in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Health Insurance Options

Retirement Benefits

Long-term & Short-term Disability

Employee Assistance Programs

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience or a degree with 1 year of experience required.
• 5 years of experience preferred in healthcare policy or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics projects to develop insights for healthcare policy.
• Support stakeholders with advanced analyses related to healthcare access.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Public Policy or Related Field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Salesforce Cloud Data Platform

Job description

**Details**

+ **Department:** Ascension Data Science Institute

+ **Schedule:** Full time

+ **Location:** Remote

**Benefits**

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer._

**Responsibilities**

The **Ascension Data Sciences Institute (ADSI)** was created in July 2019 with the mission of supporting Ascension in achieving its Quadruple Aim with uniquely skilled, high-performing associates who develop analyses, models and applications to enable Ascension in providing higher value healthcare and making strategic decisions. ADSI comprises domains addressing 1) Clinical quality and patient safety; 2) Strategic Operations and Financial Analytics; 3) Actuarial and Managed Care Analytics; 4) Registry Abstraction Healthcare Solutions; and 5) Healthcare Data Intelligence. We recognize that the healthcare environment is a complex ecosystem of rapidly evolving clinical and economic practices that affect patient and provider experience and demands increasingly sophisticated and complex measurement. Our objective is for advanced analytics and data science to play a critical and foundational role in the transformation of care delivery, quality, and financial outcomes to enable our organization’s competitive advantage.

In this highly visible role, you will lead critical analytics projects to develop data-driven insights and advisory for critical federal and state legislation impacting healthcare delivery and access. Example subject areas may include: site neutral payment reform, fiscal policy proposals, and annual regulatory updates to public insurance programs.

The Lead Analyst will be responsible for:

+ Evaluating volume and financial impacts to the health system related to proposed policies and/or policy changes.

+ Supporting stakeholders with advanced analyses and consulting, with a focus on policy implications related to healthcare services access and reimbursement across Ascension sites of care.

+ Serving as key resource/SME in collection and analysis of data from multiple sources for the development of reports, including querying relational databases, performing complex analyses, and contextualizing data across billing, clinical, and claims data repositories and external datasets.

+ Interpreting outliers, patterns, and trends, and compiling recommendations in ad hoc and standard reports/presentations to senior management.

+ Developing innovative methodologies for analyzing complex problems, and designing streamlined reporting for best-in-class data analytics and advisory.

+ Providing leadership, orientation, training, coaching, and mentoring to staff on how to access reports and interpret the data.

+ Making recommendations for continuous improvement for all data, reports, presentations, and other shared materials.

+ Overseeing the provision of ad hoc management reports, including design, build, and delivery.

**Requirements**

Education:

+ High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate'sdegree/Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specificexperience required. 2 years of leadership or management experience preferred.

**Additional Preferences**

+ 5 years of experience (or applicable education) preferred.

+ Master’s degree or higher in public policy, healthcare administration, healthcare economics or public health preferred

+ Experience in healthcare policy or related fiscal policy preferred. Large health systems experience a plus.

+ Proficiency in SQL. Prior use of other programming languages (Python, R) is a plus.

+ Comfortable manipulating and synthesizing very large datasets.

+ Strong written and verbal communication skills.

+ Excellent organizational skills.

+ Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning.

+ Experience using cloud-based data storage platforms (Google Cloud Platform, Salesforce Cloud Data Platform, etc.) a plus.

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**Why Join Our Team**

Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Employer**

Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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