UnitedHealth Group is among the most ambitious Fortune 25 companies you'll ever meet. Through our family of businesses, we're working to make the health care system perform better for more people, in more ways than ever.
Simply put, we think the entire system can be greater than it's ever been. And that drives us to work harder, aim higher, and expect more from one another.
Here, you'll be empowered to make an immediate impact for millions of others. And you'll achieve more than you ever expected. How does that fit with your plans?
IT Healthcare Programmer Analyst - Eden Prarie, MN-314801
UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health.
Description
Ingenix is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
If you get excited about the life transforming potential of bringing health care information to the right place, at the right time, to support crucial decisions, welcome to Ingenix.
We're one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies and the only organization in our industry with the information, technology and consulting expertise to solve the most significant challenges in health and human services.
As a vital member of the UnitedHealth Group family, we serve customers in every segment of the health care field. This includes government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and health delivery networks, insurance providers and, of course, the diverse business divisions of UnitedHealth Group.
Position Description:
This individual will possess experience analyzing health care enrollment and claims data, and clinical data from disease management and other types of care management programs. As the IT Healthcare Programmer Analyst, you would conduct reporting and analysis efforts to help insure that new clinical initiatives better meet the health care needs of Americans age 50 and older. This is an excellent opportunity to bring your technical skills to a role where you would enjoy the visibility that comes with working on high profile projects within our Fortune 50 organization. Take the next step in your career, and apply today.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Helping to design and run reports describing engagement in new clinical initiatives, and the relationships between care processes and outcomes
- Monitoring the quality of data, and ensuring data integrity and security
- Managing and conducting the process used to pull data for reporting
- Producing metrics for health plans that will result in more effective and affordable healthcare
- Examining the efficiency and quality of care that doctors and hospitals provide to patients
- Making recommendations on ways to improve efficiency, increase quality of care, and lower costs
- Using relational database tools to obtain health insurance claims, enrollment, and other types of data from one or more data warehouses and prepare person-level files for health services research and evaluation projects
- Applying graduate level statistical training in creative ways, to carry out rigorous econometric or statistical analyses designed to test hypotheses of interest or to evaluate health improvement program impact
- Using the best statistical and programming techniques to find the best answers to our clients' questions about how to maximize the quality and reduce the cost of health care
Bring your talent to an industry leader with the information, technology, and consulting expertise to help transform health and human services. No matter what your role, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. Qualifications Qualifications:
Requirements:
- 3 - 5 years of statistical analysis experience
- 3 - 5 years experience with SAS or similar statistical package
- 3 - 5 years experience with OLAP tools
- 1 - 3 years of healthcare claims data analysis experience
- 1+ years experience with data warehouses, data marts, and operational data stores (ODS)
Assets:
- Experience with Crystal Reports
- Post graduate degree in a related field (Math, Statistics, Economics, etc.)
- Healthcare clinical data analysis experience
- Familiarity with HEDIS or other regulatory reporting
- Advanced level of skill with MS Excel and Access
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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. |
