Health Care Data Mining Analyst - Multiple Locations - Full-time / Part-time

Some people take things as they come. Others relentlessly push themselves to go farther. Combine health care and technology, which are two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet, with UnitedHealth Group's culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get: industry-leading health care services at a company that's improving the lives of millions.

As a Health Care Data Mining Analyst within our Advanced Analytics Lab within OptumInsight, you will work with the IT team to develop, test and implement core extracts as they relate to the identification and evaluation of overpayments with the goal to achieve and exceed monthly audit targets. You will develop, collect and analyze metrics and data to formulate fact-based decisions and proactively implement process improvements through the prospective and/or retrospective analysis of claim data. The work is as challenging as it is rewarding. You'll open doors to new opportunities. This is where bold people with big ideas are writing the next chapter in health care. Join us. There's never been a better time to do your life's best work.(sm)

As the Health Care Data Mining Analyst you will research and investigate key business problems through quantitative analyses of utilization and healthcare costs data and provide management with statistical findings and conclusions. You will identify potential areas for medical cost improvements and alternative pricing strategies. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing innovative approaches to manipulate large data sets in a way that enables us to see patterns and trends


• Manipulating data to provide meaningful insights


• Managing multiple projects and deadlines so you will need excellent time management and prioritization skills in order to meet multiple deadlines; comfortable working in a high-paced/high production area

**Position is based either out of the Wauwatosa, WI or Franklin, TN offices of OptumInsight**

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience


• 3+ years of experience analyzing and manipulating large sets of health care data (i.e. identifying trends and patterns)


• Intermediate toward advanced level of expertise in MS Excel (i.e. recent experience developing pivot tables, v-look ups, formulas, etc.) 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of commercial health care experience


• Experience with claims systems such as RiverValley, UNET, Oxford


• Medical coding experience 


• SQL, Visual Studio, and Excel based Macros

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)

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.