Healthcare Data Analyst Iii

Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

To better serve our customers, we’re creating a culture that promotes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership.

Forbes ranked Premera among America’s 2023 Best Midsize Employers because we are committed to creating an environment where employees can do their best work and where best-in-class talent comes, stays, and thrives!

As a Healthcare Data Analyst III, you will collect, process, analyze, compile, and present data to help answer business questions and solve business problems using a variety of healthcare reported data including claims, clinical, pharmacy, lab, healthcare cost, utilization, healthcare management, and clinical research. You will apply statistics and mathematical techniques to create a wide range of analyses and translate numbers into plain English and visualizations that can be better used to understand the business. You will effectively solve analytical problems using more complex analyses including forecasting, scenario analysis, experimental design, and linear programming using both programmatic and automatic methods. You will use your knowledge and expertise to solve a wide range of complex and difficult problems with solutions that are imaginative, practical, and consistent with organizational objectives.

This is a virtual/telecommuter position, working from home.

What you’ll do:

• Consult with internal and external customers to access the scope and complexity of projects. Develop and maintain computer programs to support various, often complex, analyses, processes, and reports.
• Analyze and interpret results using statistical tools and techniques to pinpoint trends and patterns in complex data.
• Peer review work done by other analysts. Share knowledge of analytics and data in area of specialty.
• Develop data reports, statistical models, and analytics for management using visualization and statistics to understand and solve complex business problems.
• Automate reported analytic products on large data sets.
• Troubleshoot issues as they arise and independently solve problems.
• Search and review industry and/or academic literature and identify appropriate quantitative methodologies.
• Prepare documentation on all projects to enable peer review and ensure continuity of data product quality.
• Design, develop, and implement analytics, operational reporting, and trend analysis to support internal and external business customers.

What you’ll bring:

• (1) year of experience analyzing healthcare related data. (Required)
• Master’s Degree in a quantitative science field preferred.
• (5) years of experience in applying quantitative analytics tools, methods, processes, data architecture, database design, data transformation, and data management which includes (3) years of experience with SQL, Python, VBA, or other scripting language. (Required)
• Advanced knowledge of statistics and mathematical methods and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets.
• Technical expertise in creating data models, database design, data mining, and segmentation.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Information Management, Economics, or a similar quantitative area, or the equivalent of (4) years of work experience in the field. (Required)
• Working knowledge of medical terminology, medical coding and billing, claims processing procedures and considerations, and clinical data and data requirements.
• Ability to apply practical data modeling to build data products.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Knowledge of data requirements associated with PPI.
• Experience working with healthcare provider data.
• Adept at queries, reporting, and presenting findings using a variety of data visualizations.
• Strong knowledge and experience with reporting packages, databases, and programming.
• Experience using a variety of data and data formats.
• Experience with advanced analytics and tools.

What We Offer

• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees
• Wellness incentives, onsite services, a discount program and more
• Retirement programs (401K employer match and pension plan)
• Free parking
• Medical, vision and dental coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off to reenergize

Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at [email protected] or via phone at 425-918-4785.

Premera is hiring in the following states, with some limitations based on role or city: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

National Salary Range:

$75,200.00 - $127,900.00

National Plus Salary Range:

$85,000.00 - $144,500.00

• National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.