Senior Analytics Consultant, HEDIS & Quality

Job Description

Senior Analytics Consultant – HEDIS and Quality

Presbyterian Health is undergoing a profound transformation as the organization moves toward a value based delivery model.

PHS is one of a handful of organizations that has the ingredients for success in place:

• World class delivery system
• Alignment between the Delivery System and the Health Plan
• Top down consensus

The Business Analytics consultant will be a key liaison between the analytics organization and clinical stakeholders across the enterprise.

Position Overview:

The Senior Analytics Consultant will develop HEDIS and Quality reporting/dashboards and act as liaison between clinical and technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Expert in HEDIS measures and other quality and regulatory reporting requirements
• Bridge the Gap - Measure Clinical Performance and turn Data into action
• Manage a portfolio of projects with routine communication/touch base with the clinical and business areas (internal clients)
• Manage customer requirements and identify most efficient and accurate approach to structuring solutions to complex reporting/analytics needs
• Provide recommendations and alternatives
• Understand the need identified and driven by clinical leadership
• Articulate/translate need into a project through problem solving/whiteboard session, etc
• Validate reports/analysis to ensure accuracy via comparison to internal and external benchmarks and use of peer review as appropriate
• Act as a data steward maintaining and ensuring data integrity; manage research concerning data anomalies, work with other departments to identify solution or workaround, and communicate outcomes and impacts to other departments as appropriate
• Project execution could be a solo effort or team-based approach including analysts/scientists/informaticists depending on a business problem
• Presentation of findings/recommendations
• Support findings/recommendations implementation and monitoring
• Formal program/initiative evaluation

Requirements

• Must have at least 5 years in healthcare analytics.
• BA in Statistics, Computer Science or related field r equired.
• MBA or a Master’s in Statistics preferred.
• Data Tools; SAS , SQL, Tableau , Business Objects, Qlikview, and MS Office proficiency.
• Must have extensive experience in data analysis, decision support, business analysis and requirements documenting.
• Demonstrate experience in analysis and presentation of data.
• Proven ability to summarize data and clearly communicate findings verbally or in writing.
• Ability to work in small groups and engage a larger audience for participation when appropriate.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and analytical skills.