Healthcare Medical Economics Analyst II

Job Description:• Analyze healthcare utilization to identify patterns, variation, and outliers• Identify and quantify opportunities to reduce medical costs within the markets• Evaluate the effectiveness of medical cost reduction initiatives• Support tracking and reporting of medical cost reduction initiatives• Work with Actuarial and Market Finance teams to accurately accrue and forecast the savings impacts of medical cost reduction initiatives• Understand the measurement of financial outcomes related to medical cost reduction initiatives• Develop tools to efficiently compare market performance across and within products• Support reporting on realized savings using sound analytical and financial techniques• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams, including department leaders and operators, to understand/track operational details of medical cost reduction initiatives• Support the intake, prioritization and coordinated execution of ad-hoc analytics requests from departments across the organization• Perform any other job duties as requested.Requirements:• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience is required• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in healthcare analytics is required• Managed care experience is strongly preferred• Experience with financial analysis is required, health plan preferred• Knowledge of healthcare data, including medical and pharmacy claims, EMR data, HIE data, UM data and demographic data• Knowledge of Medicaid, Medicare and other government sponsored healthcare programs is preferred• Proficient in with Excel, Word and PowerPoint• Proficient with Transact-SQL or SAS or Microsoft Power BI or Tableau• Proficient in Financial reporting concepts• Ability to organize data in a way that facilitates inferences, conclusions and decisions.Benefits:• Comprehensive total rewards package• Bonus tied to company and individual performance• Health insurance• Retirement plans• Paid time off• Flexible work arrangements• Professional development opportunities Apply tot his job