Medicaid Data Specialist and Policy Analyst

MDH Med Care Prgms - Office of Eligibility Svcs; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MDH Health Policy Analyst II (Data Specialist/Business Analyst) supports the Maryland Department of Health's Office of Eligibility Services. The role leverages expert Excel, SQL, and data visualization to develop reports, analyze healthcare patterns, and inform leadership on Medicaid policy and regulations.

It collaborates with program experts and technical teams to advance the Eligibility Determination Division and Maryland Health Connection modernization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Two years of experience evaluating, analyzing, researching and developing health care services, policies and programs.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL, and data visualization.
• Experience developing and maintaining productivity metrics and statistical reports for health care operations.
• Experience performing complex data cleaning, validation, and manipulation within large-scale health care databases.
• Ability to explore large datasets to reveal patterns, correlations, anomalies, and errors.

Skills

Data analysis

Data visualization

Productivity metrics

Statistical reporting

Large datasets

Data cleaning

Dataset exploration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

MDH Health Policy Analyst II (Data Specialist/Business Analyst) supports the Maryland Department of Health's Office of Eligibility Services. The role leverages expert Excel, SQL, and data visualization to develop reports, analyze healthcare patterns, and inform leadership on Medicaid policy and regulations.

It collaborates with program experts and technical teams to advance the Eligibility Determination Division and Maryland Health Connection modernization.