Strategic Medical Cost Analytics Consultant

Highmark Health; Hawaii; On-site; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a cost analytics professional to use data-driven methods to identify and explain emerging medical cost trends. You will work with large datasets to tell the story of costs in a clear, executive-ready way and influence strategic decisions across the organization.

The ideal candidate has strong technical skills in SAS/SQL, R, Tableau or similar tools, plus five years in medical economics or healthcare analytics.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends. Develop executive ready presentations explaining analytical findings clearly.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Provide business areas with opportunity assessments of their strategic medical cost programs and project savings.
• Drive independent medical cost analytics and present insights to key business partners.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders and present detailed analytics in executive formats.
• Collaborate with other departments in a matrixed environment to tell the full analytical story.

Skills

SAS/SQL

R

Tableau

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Healthcare experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a cost analytics professional to use data-driven methods to identify and explain emerging medical cost trends. You will work with large datasets to tell the story of costs in a clear, executive-ready way and influence strategic decisions across the organization.

The ideal candidate has strong technical skills in SAS/SQL, R, Tableau or similar tools, plus five years in medical economics or healthcare analytics.