Optum Behavioral Health Provider Operations Data Consultant - Eden Prairie, MN - Full-time / Part-time

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. 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 Provider Operations Data Consultant is responsible for various activities related to the provider network database which may include any or all of the following: database maintenance, reporting and extracting data for various reports and analyses, initiating database improvement. Provider Data Operations Consultants develop and maintain standards for database integrity and quality assurance, coordinate corrective activities to clean database and retain users, and manage communication processes with other departments regarding database improvements. Other responsibilities include conducting audits and providing feedback to reduce errors and improve processes and performance, maintaining current provider data to ensure the quality of the network, and may be responsible for representing the provider network area on company IT projects, reporting and tracking provider calls and complaints, or for the support, coordination, and production of the paper directory cycles.
 
 
Primary Responsibilities:


Anticipate customer needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them

Serve as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues

Solve complex problems and develop innovative solutions

Perform complex conceptual analyses

Review work performed by others and provide recommendations for improvement

Forecast and plan resource requirements

Authorize deviations from standards

May lead functional or segment teams or projects

Provide explanations and information to others on the most complex issues

Motivate and inspire other team members

Strong emphasis will include strategic management of national provider data quality initiatives, practical analysis of provider quality data, cross-functional collaboration, project reporting and presentation of data to various levels of management

Required Qualifications:


1+ years of provider or claims data analysis experience

1+ years of experience managing programs or projects across cross functional teams

Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Experience manipulating large volumes of data with a high degree of accuracy

Preferred Qualifications:


Knowledge of policy / procedure updates, process improvement, business requirement documentation, compliance

Working knowledge of Cosmos, Facets, and/or NDB
 
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care 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: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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.