Healthcare Business Analyst - Boston, MA - Full-time / Part-time

Innovation.  Adaptability. A passion for analytics and problem solving.  If those traits brought you here, this opportunity can take you much further. Humedica, now part of Optum, is serving the health care marketplace with the information tools and analytics solutions that will fuel change going forward.  We're well past big data.  In fact, we're using great data to uncover new solutions and novel marketplace opportunities. If you thrive on making an impact in an evolving market, we should be talking. Join the expanding family of UnitedHealth Group companies and help shape history. You'll help us improve the lives of others while doing your life's best work.

Humedica is looking for smart, motivated people who are passionate about using information technology to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of the health care system.  We develop analytic information systems for physicians and hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers that extract and present data employing near real time analytics.  Humedica received the highest score in the KLAS 2011 Business Intelligence Report.
 
The environment is fast paced and innovative.   Our team is highly self-directed. We are looking for others to join us who will take ownership of responsibility, work collaboratively and always look for ways to add to the personal and professional growth of the company and their peers. Humedica offers the opportunity for rapid advancement in responsibilities.
 
We are looking for a business analyst with strong deductive reasoning and analytic skills, as well as experience working with data,  to manage client implementations.  The Humedica data management team doesn't build software, we build data that is used by software, so the BA we're looking for is not your typical Systems Business Analyst.  The role involves some project management, some requirements gathering, and a whole lot of data analysis. This is an ideal role for an analyst with experience working with clinical data from a variety of different sources. The candidate will work with customers, developers, clinical informatics specialists and DBAs to build databases from a number of different source systems.
 
Our ideal candidate will have experience in working with clinical healthcare data and data quality from its creation in the real world, through its electronic representation and manipulation, to its use by health care practitioners and quality managers. 
 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Work with all constituents throughout the implementation process from initial engagement to delivery of application solutions.

Communicate with clients and developers to define and validate data extraction specifications

Define cross-walks to integrate data from different types including clinical, registration and billing.  As well as different sources including EMR's, HL7's, 837's,

Practice Management Systems.

Assist with the extraction, transformation and load specifications and business logic into application database.

Communicate with clinical informatics specialists, product managers and developers to ensure translation of requirements to IT solutions.

Conduct analysis to ensure quality of data at various stages of its evolution.

Work with all constituents in the day-to-day operational process of on-going data processing.

This position is located in Boston, MA

• Bachelors degree in health sciences or information management or equivalent work experience.


• Working knowledge of SQL and relational database systems


• Ability to analyze user requests, define requirements, develop project plans and report conclusions


• Ability to work creatively and flexibly, both independently and as part of a team


• Attention to fine details and work processes


• Desire and ability to learn new skills, systems and processes


• Excellent organizational, and written and oral communications skills


• Additional Desirable Experience and Skills


• Working knowledge of hospital and physician practice operations


• Working knowledge of specific electronic medical records or claims systems


• Working knowledge of health information systems


• Working knowledge of standard clinical terminologies and coding systems


• Experience with HL7 standards

About us:
Humedica is a next-generation clinical informatics company that provides novel business intelligence solutions to the health care industry.  Through cutting-edge analytics, Humedica connects patient information across varied medical settings and time periods to generate a truly longitudinal and comprehensive view of patient care.  Humedica provides its partners and customers with the informatics solutions necessary to improve, manage, and succeed in today's dynamic health care market.  Humedica is defining knowledge in health care.

Our compensation plans are highly competitive including, salary, stock options and comprehensive benefits.

Our culture is intellectually rigorous, focused on solving daunting analytical and technical challenges while supporting employees to maintain a healthy balance of hard work and fun.  We pride ourselves on the quality of our employees, the importance of our mission and the clients we serve.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.