Remote Health Data Analytics Consultant

Texas Health Institute; Reston, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum Serve Consulting/The Lewin Group (OSC/Lewin), a premier health care policy and analytics firm, seeks a Health Data Analytics Consultant to support Medicare and Medicaid payment model implementations. The role emphasizes intermediate Python or SQL skills, strong statistics knowledge, and the ability to manage large healthcare datasets.

You can work remotely from anywhere in the U.S., with in-office requirements for Minneapolis or Washington, DC if located there.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in health/analytics related field.
• 4+ years of experience using Python, SQL or R in a research, consulting, or business environment.
• Experience working with medical claims and enrollment data in large data warehouse environments.
• Experience in preparing data and information and contributing to reports and presentations.
• Experience working on implementing or evaluating value-based payment programs.
• Experience working in Snowflake or Databricks environments.
• Familiarity with healthcare data/payment concepts (e.g., claims data structure/contents, claim types, payment concepts).
• Proven excellent oral and written communication skills, solid interpersonal skills, and a focus on meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Perform a broad range of quantitative analysis to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of Medicare and Medicaid payment models.
• Support the development of payment calculations, conduct financial and trend analysis, calculate quality metrics, and perform fast-paced ad-hoc analysis to quickly address client needs.
• Work with clients to verify analysis parameters and specifications.
• Apply machine learning, econometrics/statistics, predictive modeling, return-on-investment analysis, simulation, and data visualization methods to support the development of health policy.
• Efficiently query large databases of healthcare claims and eligibility data.
• Write detailed specifications and documentation of data processing and analytical steps.
• Write effective and efficient code both independently and under the guidance of project managers using best practice quality control procedures.
• Maintain a consistently high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all tasks.
• Work effectively and cooperatively as a member of a project teams.
• Prepare data and information for internal as well as external use, contribute to reports, and assist with project coordination tasks.

Skills

Python

SQL

R language

Health analytics

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

SAS Grid

Excel

Job description

Optum Serve Consulting/The Lewin Group (OSC/Lewin), a premier health care policy and analytics firm, seeks a Health Data Analytics Consultant to support Medicare and Medicaid payment model implementations. The role emphasizes intermediate Python or SQL skills, strong statistics knowledge, and the ability to manage large healthcare datasets.

You can work remotely from anywhere in the U.S., with in-office requirements for Minneapolis or Washington, DC if located there.