Job Description

About the job Health Care Data Analyst - Remote

The Research Associate/Health Care Data Analyst provides high-level professional claims analytics work related to Medicaid and conducts quantitative analyses supporting health care projects and research activities. Our expert team includes an interdisciplinary team of researchers, policy analysts, biostatisticians, data scientists, and data visualization specialists who conduct research, evaluation, and policy analysis to support health care and delivery system reform, as well as health services, evaluation, maternal and child health, big data analytics, data visualization, and health policy initiatives. The Institute is devoted to transforming health systems through actionable cross-disciplinary and collaborative research. This position will lead the ongoing development and maintenance of IFSs analytic and data management systems. Position is located in Columbia, SC.
Minimum Qualifications (Classified and Unclassified positions)

• Masters Degree in public health or related field and 3 years of experience in health services research, public health or healthcare
• Experience with large relational database administration
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare claims data management and analysis, such as Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance data
• Strong proficiency in SAS
• Experience working with ETL processes
• Ability to work within a SAS-based Decision Support System
• Interest in public health or issues relevant to health services research and health program/policy evaluation
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making decisions and maintain thorough documentation of the decision-making process
• Exemplary communication skills and ability to effectively communicate complicated processes to diverse audiences
• Strong commitment to rigorous research methods, objectivity and accuracy of findings, and reproducibility of results

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of structuring data for Tableau
• Knowledge of R/Python or other scripting language
• Strong knowledge of SQL

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Demonstrated skills in data management and analysis with working understanding of appropriate tools to describe, find patterns in, and develop understanding of the data.Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.Proven ability to conceptualize and complete complex projects with thorough documentation and demonstration of applied logic.Ability to problem-solve and complete projects within established timeframes.
Position Attributes

Employees in Safety-Sensitive or Security-Sensitive positions will be subject to pre-employment and post-employment drug testing in accordance with policy HR 1.95 Drug and Alcohol Testing.

Safety Sensitive or Security Sensitive No
Hazardous weather category Non-Essential

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