Medical Cost Analytics Strategist

Highmark Health; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. in Minnesota is seeking a Medical Cost Analytics professional to transform large healthcare data into actionable insights. You will create clear, concise stories of cost trends and present them to executives in a matrix-driven environment.

Responsibilities include developing value propositions, tracking program outcomes, and influencing business partners with data-driven recommendations. Strong SAS/SQL/R skills and dashboard experience (Tableau/Power BI) are required.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or related area.
• Preferred Master's degree in related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends.
• Develop executive-ready presentations explaining analytical findings clearly.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets using SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Provide business areas with opportunity assessments of their strategic medical cost programs.
• Coordinate savings opportunity projections and post-implementation savings measurements.
• Drive fact-based analyses to identify opportunities and driver insights for cost optimization.

Skills

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Health/Economics/Math or related

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Highmark Inc. in Minnesota is seeking a Medical Cost Analytics professional to transform large healthcare data into actionable insights. You will create clear, concise stories of cost trends and present them to executives in a matrix-driven environment.

Responsibilities include developing value propositions, tracking program outcomes, and influencing business partners with data-driven recommendations. Strong SAS/SQL/R skills and dashboard experience (Tableau/Power BI) are required.