at Health Care Service Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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Job Summary
The Health Economics Team (HET) is seeking a candidate to fulfill the Analytics Consultant position in its Chicago, Dallas, and Austin offices. An Analytics Consultant's primary responsibility is to leverage strong technical skills (SQL, R, Python, and Tableau) and healthcare industry knowledge (payor, provider, pharmacy, public health, epidemiology, etc.) to conduct client-facing engagements with HCSC's largest Enterprise National Accounts (ENAs). Specific responsibilities may include:
* Performing research into various healthcare-related topics (diagnoses, treatments, cost of care, health policies, population health, plan design, provider quality and efficiency, and other social and market forces to help evaluate clients' strategic decisions and operational outcomes
* Understanding and being highly proficient at querying a wide variety of healthcare data and related population data (medical/pharmacy claims, behavioral health claims, health care management (HCM) records, electronic medical records (EMR), provider databases (AMA, NPI, DEA, etc.), member/patient demographic data, and publicly available databases (U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, NIH, etc.) in order to construct a robust, accurate, 360-view data environment that is unique to each client
* Employing techniques such as a case-control study, regression analyses, principal component analyses, clustering exercises, propensity scoring, classification, ROI calculation, etc. to produce actionable insights
* Creating a dynamic and visually engaging dashboard in Tableau
* Presenting work to and holding regular touch-base meetings with clients
* Helping to maintain a strong and collaborative matrixed team between client, various internal stakeholders (account management, care management, clinical, pharmacy, network, etc.), and other third parties (vendors, brokers, and consultants)
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor Degree OR 1 year experience in data analysis and information reporting relating to healthcare data, including pharmacy.
* Requires knowledge and experience in own function; still acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills
* Demonstrated proficiency in one or more of the following computing languages: SQL, SAS, R, Python, C, JavaScript
* Demonstrated proficiency with data visualizations
* Knowledge of MS Office products required; experience with tools such as Alteryx & Tableau a plus
* Strong communication skills and willingness to perform in a high-visibility, client-facing role
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree with demonstrated high achievement.
* Degree in mathematics, economics, statistics, computer science, engineering, epidemiology, public health or related quantitative field preferable OR 1 year experience in data analysis and information reporting relating to healthcare data, including pharmacy.
* 3+ years of relevant work experience in health insurance, healthcare, public health, pharmacy, advanced analytics, machine learning, data science OR a master's degree in one of the fields listed above OR an actuarial credential
* Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively across the department and with internal and external stakeholders
Please note this is a hybrid position and must be based out of the offices listed. Position requires 3 days in office, 2 days remote. Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.
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