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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Miami, FL
Miami, Florida

About this job

Position Description:

Why work for the leading organization in health care to help improve the lives of millions? You'll find that this is no small opportunity on our Health Care Economics team. 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. As the Health Care Economics Analyst, you will design and develop reports and analyze data to measure clinical outcomes, network performance and methodology levers. You will investigate key business problems through quantitative analyses of utilization and health care costs data. Along with your team, you will identify potential areas for medical cost improvements and alternative pricing strategies. You will help heal the health care system as you work with an elite team to solve tough challenges. Join us. And start doing your life's best work.(SM)

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Performs in-depth medical cost and financial time series and
    cross sectional trend analysis. 
  • Write SQL code and analyze in-depth trends such as acute and
    non-acute admits / 1,000, days /1,000, ALOS for root causes and make
    recommendations.
  • Must be able to fully audit revenue, capitation payments,
    claims detail payments, and identify claims overpayments.
  • Must be able to audit risk providers contracts loading and
    payments for CPT/Revenue/ HCPC codes, Diagnoses, DRGs.
  • Must be familiar with various reimbursement methods:
    Capitation, FFS, DRG, APC, Global risk, episode of care.
  • Must be familiar with pharmacy, Hedis, Stars, Medicare Risk
    scores, and its effects on future revenue.
  • Develop new reports using SSRS, SQL, MS Access, Excel,
    and  / or Crystal Reports, Business
    Objects, and VBA.
  • Develop ad-hoc analyses based on complex user requirements
    for CEO, COO, Finance VP, Medical Director, Network Management and Utilization
    Management Dept.
  • Be able to explain variances of actual costs and other
    statistical measures to budget/forecasts from an actuarial cost volume model,
    from financials, and from external sources to Managers, Actuaries, and
    accounting CPA's.
  • Perform financial and medical cost trend analysis for
    capitation and global risk provider contracts, accountable care organizations,
    episode of care reimbursements and other risk contracting providers.
  • Responsible for preparation and distribution of various
    reports to Manager and various departments on recurring basis.
  • Performs other finance duties as required or as
    requested by the Director of Finance and/or Manager of Analysis.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:



  • Bachelor's degree
  • Medical/Healthcare industry
    experience
  • Knowledge within finance, economics, or
    statistics background
  • Data
    analysis experience
  • Experience
    building reports in SQL
  • Experience with Transact-SQL for SQL Server
    2008/2012
  • Experience
    MS Excel (v-lookups and pivot tables)


Preferred
Qualifications:



  • Bachelors Degree, preferably in Finance, Economics,
    Statistics or related field.



  • Microsoft Access experience
  • Medical cost analysis experience
Careers at UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement. The Boomer generation is the fastest growing market segment in health care. And we are the largest business in the nation dedicated to serving their unique health and well-being needs. Up for the challenge of a lifetime? Join a team of the best and the brightest to find bold new ways to proactively improve the health and quality of life of these 9 million customers. You'll find a wealth of dynamic opportunities to grow and develop as we work together to heal and strengthen our health care system. Ready? It's time 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, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.