Louisiana Blue · 23 hours ago
Senior Healthcare Informatics Analyst
Baton Rouge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expLouisiana Blue is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of its employees and the community. They are seeking a Senior Healthcare Informatics Analyst who will provide analytics to improve healthcare value and utilization while leading problem-solving and strategic planning initiatives.
Health CareInsuranceNon Profit
Responsibilities
Leads the selection of evaluation/analytics/BI methodologies and communicate recommendations to facilitate problem solving, solution development, decision making and strategic planning
Appropriately leverages in-house clinical reporting software and models, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) data sources and non-EDW data sources
Independently facilitates business development and documents business problems and develops analytic solutions (i.e. Predictive model, BI solution, or analytic attributes)
Serves as the analytics advisor to collaborating departments on corporate and cross-functional projects, reports and activities
Independently translates business rules into analytical models and works as a liaison among healthcare analytics, Enterprise Information Management (EIM), IT and business areas
Performs peer data quality reviews, validating data and process to ensure accuracy, completeness and consistency of department output
Independently performs descriptive and analytic studies using advanced analytical/statistical techniques
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in healthcare administration, statistics, economics, analytics, computer science required
4 years of health care, analytics, IT or management consulting experience. A master's degree may substitute for two years of the total four years required. A doctorate degree may be substituted for an additional two years of related work experience
Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills are required
Basic knowledge of United States healthcare delivery system in payer setting or provider setting is required
Must have strong knowledge of common query/analytic/visualization tools such as SQL, SAS, R, Python, Tableau, etc
Preferred
Master's in related field preferred
Strong knowledge of outcome research design, controlled study design is preferred
Advanced knowledge of SAS including Enterprise Miner is preferred
Strong understanding of provider payment methodologies, population health management, and risk adjustments is desired
Strong understanding of clinical groupers including episode groupers and risk groupers such as DRG, APC, ETG, MEG, DxCg, and HCC is highly desired
Strong understanding of quality metrics (HEDIS, AHRQ) is desired
Knowledge of commercial risk optimization and MA risk optimization is a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills. Ability to analyze, consolidate and communicate complex technical topics to all levels of internal staff and external vendors (including but not limited to executives, business and technical managers, developers and system administrators)
Benefits
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions.
As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus.
Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace.
A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
Company
Louisiana Blue
Louisiana Blue is a company on a mission: to improve the health and lives of Louisianians.
1001-5000 employees
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