Remote Senior Healthcare Analytics Consultant - SAS/SQL/Tableau

UnitedHealth Group; Richardson (TX); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Incentive programs

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a qualified healthcare analytics professional to produce high-quality analytical deliverables, develop standardized reporting, and manage data for reimbursement benchmarking and pricing modeling. The role focuses on CMS physician repricing, dashboarding in Tableau/Power BI, and collaboration with contracting, finance, and actuarial teams.

You will design tools and models to drive cost containment and network optimization, using SAS, SQL, and BI suites, while

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in healthcare finance, network analytics, and performing analysis on large sets of facility and professional claim data for a payer/health plan or provider/care delivery system.
• 3+ years of experience working with methodology of FFS, Shared Risk and Savings models, Accountable Care activities including opportunity identification and communication.
• Experience working with healthcare claims and reimbursement methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency working with query, business intelligence and statistical tools, include SAS, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, formulas, and financial modeling.
• Knowledge of Provider payment methodologies including: Risk Continuum Model - FFS, Capitation, Value-based and incentive payment models; Medicare, Commercial and Medicaid-based reimbursement.
• Proven attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proven analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
• Proven effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large healthcare datasets using SAS and monitor cost, utilization, reimbursement, and market trends to identify risks and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain interactive Tableau and Power BI dashboards using repricing outputs to support network strategy, contracting initiatives, and business decision-making.
• Ensure pricing, reimbursement, and reporting methodologies are accurate, consistent, statistically sound, and transparent.
• Analyze provider reimbursement analysis, pricing model development, and financial impact assessments to support network strategy and contract negotiations.
• Design and implement sound tools utilizing programming languages, BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI), and other resources to identify principal health care cost and revenue drivers, by market segment and/or by provider/payor, referral patterns, and reimbursement rates.
• Involved with the development of SQL queries, analytical models, dashboards, and automated reporting tools to support executive decision-making.
• Support initiatives focused on cost containment, network optimization, and operational performance improvement in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Present analytical findings and strategic recommendations to leadership and build strong partnerships across contracting, finance, actuarial, and market teams.

Skills

SAS

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Excel (pivot tables)

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

SAS

Microsoft Excel

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a qualified healthcare analytics professional to produce high-quality analytical deliverables, develop standardized reporting, and manage data for reimbursement benchmarking and pricing modeling. The role focuses on CMS physician repricing, dashboarding in Tableau/Power BI, and collaboration with contracting, finance, and actuarial teams.

You will design tools and models to drive cost containment and network optimization, using SAS, SQL, and BI suites, while