Senior Health Analytic Consultant - Multiple Locations - Full-time / Part-time

No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward than UnitedHealth Group. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. As the Senior Health Analytic Consultant, you will perform critical research and investigation of key business problems. As a subject matter expert, you will interpret and analyze financial and clinical data from various sources and present results and recommendations to external audiences. You will be part of a team in identifying potential areas for medical cost improvements and alternative pricing strategies. There are new challenges and bigger rewards around every turn. Now is the time, and this the place where you'll find a career in which you can make a big difference - in our company, our industry, even our world.

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Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze and interpret various forms of utilization and health care data to identify potential areas for medical cost improvements via products, services and other market trends including ROI projections


• Lead projects to completion by contributing to database creation, statistical modeling and financial reports


• Interpret and analyze clinical data from various sources and recommend solutions to improve population health and reduce health care costs


• Provide claims, premium, capitation and membership data in support of Underwriting, Actuarial and utilization analyses


• Participate in customer meetings as subject matter expert to present findings and recommendations to customers


• Analyze reporting tools to investigate sources of variations


• Produce and review reports


• Quantify value generated by historically implemented solutions


• Analyze and interpret various forms of utilization and healthcare data to identify potential areas for medical cost improvements via products, services and other market trends including ROI projections

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree


• 4+ years of work experience in a corporate setting


• 3+ years of experience in health care analytics and working with large data sets                                           


• At least an intermediate level proficiency with SQL, SAS and/or other statistical programs 


• At least an intermediate level of proficiency working with MS Excel including formulas, calculations, charts, graphs, etc. Experience preparing and conducting presentations


• Ability to travel to participate in customer meetings within Central region (primarily WI)


• Knowledgeable and able to speak to emerging health care industry trends

Careers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is your life's best work(sm)

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.




UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

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