Job description
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 2022 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!
COVID-19 Vaccination Policy:
To learn more about our COVID-19 vaccination and accommodation requirements, please visit our Careers landing page.
As a Healthcare Data Analyst 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 position can be hired in as a Level II or a Level III, depending upon experience.
What you’ll do:
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Design, develop, and implement analytics, operational reporting, and trend analysis to support internal and external business customers.
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Develop data reports, statistical models and analytics for management using visualization and statistics to understand and solve complex business problems.
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Analyze and interpret results using statistical tools and techniques to pinpoint trends and patterns in complex data.
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Troubleshoot issues as they arise and independently solve problems.
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Prepare documentation on all projects to enable peer review and ensure continuity of data product quality.
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Participate in peer review work done by other analysts. Share knowledge of analytics and data in area of specialty.
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Consult with internal and external customers to access scope and complexity of projects. Develop and maintain computer programs to support various, often complex, analyses, processes, and reports.
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Automate reported analytic products on large data sets.
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Search and review industry and/or academic literature and identify appropriate quantitative methodologies.
What you’ll bring:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Information Management, Economics or similar quantitative area, or the equivalent of (4) years of work experience in a related field. (Required for both Level II and Level III)
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(2) years of experience in applying quantitative analytics tools, methods and processes. (Required for Level II)
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Previous experience and strong working knowledge of the health insurance industry, processes, and data requirements. (Required for Level II)
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(5) years of experience in advanced quantitative analytics tools, methods and processes, data architecture, database design, data transformation and data management and which includes (3) years of experience with SQL, Python, R, VBA or other scripting language and (1) year of experience analyzing healthcare related data. (Required for Level III)
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Master’s Degree in quantitative science field preferred.
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Experience with advanced analytics and tools.
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Experience using a variety of data and data formats.
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Technical expertise creating data models, database design, data mining and segmentation.
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Strong knowledge and experience with reporting packages, databases, and programming.
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Advanced knowledge of statistics and mathematical methods and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets.
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Adept at queries, reporting and presenting findings using variety of data visualizations.
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Ability to apply practical data modeling to build data products.
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Working knowledge of medical terminology, medical coding and billing, claims processing procedures and considerations, and clinical data and data requirements.
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Knowledge of data requirements associated with PPI.
National Salary Range (Level II):
$65,500.00 - $105,800.00
National Plus Salary Range (Level II):
$70,300.00 - $119,500.00
National Salary Range (Level III):
$75,200.00 - $127,900.00
National Plus Salary Range (Level III):
$85,000.00 - $144,500.00
- National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.
What we offer
- Medical, vision and dental coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement programs (401K employer match and pension plan)
- Wellness incentives, onsite services, a discount program and more
- Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees
- Generous Paid Time Off to reenergize
- Free parking
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 careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.
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.
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