Healthcare Data Analyst Consultant - Telecommuter

At Optum, we are driven to transform health care not just for our own good, but for the greater good. And, with your data reporting and analysis expertise, you can join us on our mission to help make the health care system work better for everyone. As a Data Analyst, you will thrive as you design and architect data warehouse solutions. You will be a primary contributor in developing, testing and deploying key data warehouses or data marts, and you will be working with cutting edge technology.
                                                                
This role will prepare you for significant career growth as you shift to a gear you didn't know you had in you. So the contributions you'll make as a Data Analyst at Optum, the pride you will feel, the smile that will keep you company on your way home are all ways that you'll know what you do here really matters. It will be important. No, it will not be just important, it will be historic. That's why someday, you will look back at the things you achieved here and realize that you did your life's best work.(sm)
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Gather and analyze business requirements documents
Develop technical specifications and design documents
Program analytics to detect fraud, waste, abuse and error in healthcare claims

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience programming healthcare payment integrity analytics and working with large data sets
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience in medical coding concepts (CPT, ICD - 9 / 10 coding, HCPCS and DRGs)
Advanced level of proficiency in SQL programming
3+ years of professional experience in a large, enterprise environment
Preferred Qualifications:

Medical claim billing/coding experience or certification (AAPC / CPC)
Oracle PL / SQL coding experience
2+ years of experience leading analytics development team (3+ direct reports)
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: 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.
 
 
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