Senior Healthcare Economic Analyst - Hillside, IL

Expanding access to affordable, high quality health care starts here. This is where some of the most innovative ideas in health care are created every day. Here you'll develop and execute the strategies that impact our ability to help people live healthier lives. This is where bold people with big ideas are writing the next chapter in health care. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)

The Senior Healthcare Economic Analyst will research and investigate key business problems through quantitate analysis of utilization and healthcare cost data. Provides management with statistical findings and conclusions. Identifies potential areas for medical cost improvements and alternative strategies. Provides data in support of actuarial, financial, and utilization analyses. The Senior Healthcare Economic Analyst will develop best of class decision support that delivers robust, meaningful reporting of data and interpretation of data with focus on quality improvement and reductions in medical cost. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Promote an environment that is aligned with the vision of the management team


• Lead and execute high impact analyses that deliver historical performance in a manner that promotes actionable items consistent with quality and cost objectives


• Lead and execute development of predictive modeling that yields flexible impact analyses that allow for changes to key performance assumptions


• Collaborate with functional areas in the supervision of project personnel, which includes work allocation, training, and problem resolution; provide feedback for performance evaluation and make recommendations for personnel actions


• Assess daily department operations and identify areas of opportunity for improvement, and assess resource loads and make appropriate individual/team recommendations


• Responsible for effective use of NAMM-Illinois investments in decision support tools (e.g. MedInsight, SSRS, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel)


• Build, develop, manage and mentor decision support team capable of carrying out strategies while enhancing employee experience


• Responsible for employee training and development as a part of decision support

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree


• 5+ years of experience in Decision Support


• 5+ years healthcare experience


• Intermediate or better level of proficiency in MS Access and MS Excel


• Knowledge of medical Terminology (CPT, ICD-9, HCPCS, LOINC, NDC, ect)


• Must work effectively with Senior-level executives


• Must have strong interpersonal and analytical skills, maturity and good judgment


• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of individuals


• Demonstrated level of professionalism


• Positive attitude and ability to motivate others


• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects


• Ability to read and interpret business periodicals, procedure manuals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; ability to effectively synthesize requests for information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public


• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference; ability to analyze data using linear regressions, R-squared regressions and other common statistical techniques 


• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables; ability to understand and effectively incorporate information technology requirements/programming challenges into project planning and execution process

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

North American Medical Management specializes in working with leading physicians and hospitals to successfully manage the delivery of medical services. We have developed sophisticated techniques for managing the revenue and health care expenses of medical groups. NAMM currently provides MSO services to twelve PHOs and IPAs in the Chicago area serving about 90,000 managed care lives with positive results.

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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