Senior Health Care Decision Support Analyst

University of California - Irvine Health; Placentia (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

UCI Health is seeking a senior health care analytics professional to provide expert medical economics analysis, extracting and synthesizing data to identify risks and opportunities that improve financial performance.

The role requires deep knowledge of value-based care, decision support, and healthcare finance, with strong communication and project leadership across departments.

Candidates should have a bachelor's in a quantitative field and at least 3 years of healthcare analytics experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a quantitative field such as statistics, math, finance, economics or related.
• At least 3 years of healthcare analytics experience.
• Experience with health care finance, utilization metrics and related coding/billing terms.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior level analyst support for medical economics analyses, including extracting, analyzing and synthesizing data from multiple sources to identify risks and opportunities.
• Develop case-based analyses to inform organizational decisions and improve financial performance.
• Communicate findings clearly to senior staff and cross-department teams.

Skills

Value-based risk arrangements

Decision support systems

Communication skills

Time management

Problem solving

Microsoft Office / Excel

Healthcare operations knowledge

Healthcare financial terms

Data analysis in healthcare

Managed care concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, finance, economics, CS or related field

Tools

SQL

Job description

UCI Health is seeking a senior health care analytics professional to provide expert medical economics analysis, extracting and synthesizing data to identify risks and opportunities that improve financial performance.

The role requires deep knowledge of value-based care, decision support, and healthcare finance, with strong communication and project leadership across departments.

Candidates should have a bachelor's in a quantitative field and at least 3 years of healthcare analytics experience.