Remote Medical Cost Analytics Analyst

Highmark Health; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a finance professional responsible for the financial reporting of the strategic cost of care savings program. You will gather data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, run analyses, and deliver an executive-ready financial report with key insights into program impact.

Using SAS, SQL or similar tools, you will develop dashboards and reports, track outcomes, and provide strategic opportunities to focus improvement efforts. Hybrid/Remote work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or other related area
• 5 years of Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics and/or Actuarial Services in the health care payer sector

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends. Develop executive ready presentations explaining analytical findings in a clear concise manner.
• Proficiency to extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or other similar tools.
• Provide business areas with opportunity assessments of their strategic medical cost programs. Coordinate savings opportunity projections and post implementation savings measurements.
• Leverage analytical experience to drive independent medical cost analytics; present analytics and insights into cost drivers to key partners.
• Strong communication skills to present concise presentations of the detailed analytics.
• Work in a matrixed environment; partner with other departments to develop the analytical story.

Skills

Analytical ability

Technical data skills

Communication with partners

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a finance professional responsible for the financial reporting of the strategic cost of care savings program. You will gather data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, run analyses, and deliver an executive-ready financial report with key insights into program impact.

Using SAS, SQL or similar tools, you will develop dashboards and reports, track outcomes, and provide strategic opportunities to focus improvement efforts. Hybrid/Remote work.