Healthcare Data Analyst – OptumHealth - Golden Valley, MN
We are searching for an advanced SAS programmer with strong analytic experience and healthcare industry background to join our team. As an analyst within the Innovative Health Solutions group, you will contribute to building approaches to improve the health care system.
The person in this position will investigate key business problems through quantitative analyses of utilization, quality and cost data. The analyst will be part of team that is responsible for providing business leaders with data to identify ways to improve health care delivery systems, inform solution design and evaluate the impact of those solutions. The primary focus of this position will be writing SAS programs that efficiently access and manipulate data from large data bases to produce accurate results.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Extract and aggregate data from multiple sources (including large complex databases)
• Clean and summarize data to support research analyses
• Investigate data quality issues
• Select, recommend and apply appropriate analytic techniques and research methodologies
• Work collaboratively on teams that include programmers, researchers and business leaders
• Actively contribute to all phases of analyses including: design, execution, quality
assurance, interpretation and presentation of results
Qualifications
• 3+ years experience writing advanced Data Step SAS programs
• 5+ years experience SAS programming experience
• 3+ years experience analyzing healthcare claims data
• 3+ years experience efficiently integrating data from large relational databases
• 5+ years analyzing health care data
• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, public health, economics,
or related field a plus
• Experience working in a UNIX environment preferred
• Microsoft Office proficiency preferred
• Ability to creatively use large datasets to produce high quality analyses and measurements
• Knowledge of the healthcare system (e.g., benefit designs, provider contracting,
reimbursement policies, clinical care)
• Takes initiative and produces results with minimal direction
• Thrives in a fast moving dynamic environment
• Skilled at working collaboratively in a team environment
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. All candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
Please visit our website at www.unitedhealthgroup.com/careers and apply to requisition number 316081.