Healthcare Economics Analyst

Summary

EmblemHealth is a healthcare organization focused on improving the cost of care for its members. They are seeking a Healthcare Economics Analyst to develop data-driven analyses, support healthcare economics functions, and present findings to internal partners.

Responsibilities

• Design and/or execute analytics and reporting to measure or estimate financial impact of health plan business problems and potential or actual solutions
• Support all functions within Healthcare Economics including monitoring of specific corporate and health cost containment initiatives
• Research and analyze financial data to draw conclusions and provide consultation to internal and external partners for use in administering specific programs and processes related to medical expense and utilization
• Present analytical findings to internal business partners
• Analyze business problems related to financial experience of the health plan, particularly related to how care is purchased, managed, or other factors influencing cost of care
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Skills

• BA/BS Required in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Healthcare or other related discipline
• 3 – 5+ years' relevant, professional work experience
• High level of proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.), with an emphasis on Excel
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, presentation, interpersonal)
• Ability to query, summarize, and manipulate data using SQL or SAS
• Experience working in a healthcare setting (within a provider health system or health insurance company)
• Experience working with healthcare data including but not limited to claims, testing results and pharmacy data
• Experience preparing/presenting dashboards and data using a data visualization tool such as Tableau

Qualifications

Must Haves

• BA/BS Required in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Healthcare or other related discipline
• 3 – 5+ years' relevant, professional work experience
• High level of proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.), with an emphasis on Excel
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, presentation, interpersonal)
• Ability to query, summarize, and manipulate data using SQL or SAS

Nice to Haves

• Experience working in a healthcare setting (within a provider health system or health insurance company)
• Experience working with healthcare data including but not limited to claims, testing results and pharmacy data
• Experience preparing/presenting dashboards and data using a data visualization tool such as Tableau