Remote Healthcare Data Analytics & Quality Measurement Lead

UnitedHealth Group; Reston (VA); Remote; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase program

401k contribution

Telecommuter policy

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Healthcare Data Analytics Consultant, Quality Measurement, to lead evidence evaluation for clinical measures and perform advanced analyses on large health data. Remote work is available nationwide with in-office requirements in specified regions.

You will code, automate measure calculations, and develop test protocols while expanding client relationships through policy consultation and leadership. Strong CMS quality measure experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Health policy professional with 4+ years in health services research, evaluation or policy, or a Bachelors with 6+ years experience.
• Experience leading business development and proposal responses with client engagement.
• Experience with quality measure engagements, preferably federal CMS programs.
• Experience with data used to measure health care quality (claims, EHR, chart-abstracted data).
• Ability to translate policy and measure specs into technical requirements and logic.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate evidence on effectiveness for clinical measures from claims/data sources for CMS/NQF compliance.
• Code to extract, transform, analyze, and validate large healthcare datasets (Python/SQL/R/SAS).
• Design and implement solutions to automate measure calculations and reporting.
• Develop test measure protocols and measure specifications.
• Lead quantitative analyses to inform Medicare/Medicaid payment models.
• Engage and expand client relationships through policy consultation and thought leadership.
• Support strategy development for long-term organizational growth.
• Manage delivery teams for day-to-day execution.
• Mentor team members in analytical problem solving.

Skills

Health policy

Data analytics

Client engagement

Team collaboration

EHR/Claims data expertise

Policy to technical requirements

Education

Advanced degree (M.D., D.O., Master’s, or Ph.D.)

Bachelor’s degree + 6+ years experience

Tools

Python

SQL

R

SAS

Job description

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Healthcare Data Analytics Consultant, Quality Measurement, to lead evidence evaluation for clinical measures and perform advanced analyses on large health data. Remote work is available nationwide with in-office requirements in specified regions.

You will code, automate measure calculations, and develop test protocols while expanding client relationships through policy consultation and leadership. Strong CMS quality measure experience is preferred.