Population Health Science Analyst

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Founded in 1934, Medical Mutual is the oldest and one of the largest health insurance companies based in Ohio. We provide peace of mind to more than 1.2 million members through our high-quality health, life, disability, dental, vision and indemnity plans. We offer fully insured and self-funded group coverage, including stop loss, as well as Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and individual plans.

Population Health Science Analyst I

Job Summary:

Builds, supports, and evaluates new and existing programs, and improves targeting. Conducts clinical analytics to support decision making, and ensures consistency of reporting, builds indicators and curated analytic tables. Takes a consultative approach with other departments, building relationships and supporting partners in clinical and population health services.

Responsibilities:

• Designs and executes quantitative and qualitative analyses to measure program effectiveness. With other team members, enhances existing clinical algorithms and predictive models to target program outreach. Assesses health status, disease burden, healthcare utilization and cost, impact of social determinants of health, health ownership and engagement and other indicators on the member population.
• Designs data tools to enable quick information discovery. Maintains data documentation. Provides up to date information regarding data availability, capabilities, and appropriate use of data elements.
• Analyzes healthcare data from multiple sources to identify best practices, care delivery trends, and clinical practice variations.
• Communicates analytic results, conclusions, and actionable recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Builds and maintains knowledge of advances in analytics, evaluation, data governance, data sources and subject matter expertise pertaining to population health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical or health informatics, computational biology, or a related quantitative or health field required.
• 1 year of experience conducting analyses and delivering results to internal and external stakeholders and leadership, in a health care plan/services, research, or a related field.
  
  

Professional Certification(s):

• NA
  
  

Technical Skills And Knowledge:

• Basic to intermediate proficiency in analytical programming languages (SAS, SQL, Python or R).
• Ability to query, clean, manipulate and integrate data from multiple tables and/or sources.
• Knowledge of study design and methodology, statistical tests, surveillance, and program evaluation.
• Knowledge of population health management programs and interventions.
• Knowledge of health care service, data sources, and structures.
• Training in any of the following: epidemiological methods, population health sciences, statistics, informatics, or analytic engineering.
• Effective communication – written, verbal, and visual.
  
  

Population Health Science Analyst II

Responsibilities:

• Designs and executes quantitative and qualitative analyses to measure program effectiveness. Enhances existing clinical algorithms and predictive models to target program outreach, detect member and provider behavior patterns, and profile members and providers. Assesses health status, disease burden, healthcare utilization and cost, impact of social determinants of health, health ownership and engagement and other indicators on the member population.
• Designs data tools to enable quick information discovery. Maintains data documentation. Provides expertise regarding data availability, capabilities, and appropriate use of data elements.
• Analyzes complex healthcare data from multiple sources to identify best practices, care delivery trends, and clinical practice variations. Coaches and mentors junior team members.
• Communicates analytic results, conclusions, and actionable recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Builds and maintains knowledge of advances in analytics, evaluation, data governance, data sources and subject matter expertise pertaining to population health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Education And Experience:

• Master's degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical or health informatics, computational biology, or a related quantitative or health field required.
• 2 years of experience as a Population Health Science Analyst or equivalent 3 years of experience conducting analyses and delivering results to internal and external stakeholders and leadership, in a health care plan/services, research, or a related field.
  
  

Technical Skills And Knowledge:

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in analytical programming languages (SAS, SQL, Python or R).
• Ability to query, clean, manipulate and integrate data from multiple tables and/or sources.
• Strong knowledge of study design and methodology, statistical tests, surveillance, and program evaluation.
• Strong knowledge of population health management programs and interventions.
• Strong knowledge of health care service, data sources, and structures.
• Training in any of the following: epidemiological methods, population health sciences, statistics, informatics, or analytic engineering.
• Effective communication – written, verbal, and visual.
  
  

Sr Population Health Science Analyst

Job Summary:

Builds, supports, and evaluates new and existing programs, and improves targeting with advanced algorithms and predictive models. Conducts advanced clinical analytics to support decision making, and ensures consistency of reporting, builds indicators and curated analytic tables. Takes a consultative approach with other departments, building relationships and supporting partners in clinical and population health services.

Responsibilities:

• Designs and executes quantitative and qualitative analyses to measure program effectiveness. Applies advanced analytic and data mining techniques to develop or enhance existing clinical algorithms and predictive models to target program outreach, detect member and provider behavior patterns, and profile members and providers. Assesses health status, disease burden, healthcare utilization and cost, impact of social determinants of health, health ownership and engagement and other indicators on the member population.
• Designs data tools to enable quick information discovery as well as advanced analytics. Maintains data documentation. Improves data flows and processing. Provides expertise regarding data availability, capabilities, and appropriate use of data elements and analytic results.
• Analyzes complex healthcare data from multiple sources to identify best practices, care delivery trends, and clinical practice variations. Collaborates across the company as a subject matter expert.
• Collaborates with non-technical, internal data consumers and technical staff. Communicates analytic results, conclusions, and actionable recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences. Coaches and mentors junior team members.
• Builds and maintains knowledge of advances in analytics, evaluation, data governance, data sources and subject matter expertise pertaining to population health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Education And Experience:

• Master's degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical or health informatics, computational biology, or a related quantitative or health field required.
• 5 years of progressive experience as a Population Health Sciences Analyst or equivalent experience conducting analyses and delivering results to internal and external stakeholders and leadership, in a health care plan/services, research, or a related field.
  
  

Technical Skills And Knowledge:

• Advanced proficiency in analytical programming languages (SAS, SQL, Python or R).
• Ability to query, clean, manipulate and integrate data from multiple tables and/or sources.
• Strong knowledge of study design and methodology, statistical tests, surveillance, and program evaluation.
• Strong knowledge of population health management programs and interventions.
• Strong knowledge of health care service, data sources, and structures.
• Training in any of the following: epidemiological methods, population health sciences, statistics, informatics, or analytic engineering.
• Effective communication – written, verbal, and visual.
  
  

A Great Place To Work:

Medical Mutual is looking to grow our team! We truly value and respect the talents and abilities of all of our employees. That's why we offer an exceptional package that includes:

• We will provide the equipment you need for this role, including a laptop, monitors, keyboard, mouse and headset.
• Whether you are working remote or in the office, employees have access to on-site fitness centers at many locations, or a gym membership reimbursement when there is no Medical Mutual facility available. Enjoy the use of weights, cardio machines, locker rooms, classes and more.
• On-site cafeteria, serving hot breakfast and lunch, at the Brooklyn, OH headquarters.
• Discounts at many places in and around town, just for being a Medical Mutual team member.
• The opportunity to earn cash rewards for shopping with our customers.
• Business casual attire, including jeans.
  
  

Excellent Benefits And Compensation:

• Employee bonus program.
• 401(k) with company match up to 4% and an additional company contribution.
• Health Savings Account with a company matching contribution.
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance — insurance is what we do best, and we make affordable coverage for our team a priority.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program, which includes professional counseling, personal and professional coaching, self-help resources and assistance with work/life benefits.
• Company holidays and up to 16 PTO days during the first year of employment with options to carry over unused PTO time.
• After 120 days of service, parental leave for eligible employees who become parents through maternity, paternity or adoption.
  
  

An Investment In You:

• Career development programs and classes.
• Mentoring and coaching to help you advance in your career.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year, the IRS maximum.
• Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture with Business Resource Groups.
  
  

About Medical Mutual:

Medical Mutual’s status as a mutual company means we are owned by our policyholders, not stockholders, so we don’t answer to Wall Street analysts or pay dividends to investors. Instead, we focus on developing products and services that allow us to better serve our customers and the communities around us.

There’s a good chance you already know many of our Medical Mutual customers. As the official insurer of everything you love, we are trusted by businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout Ohio to provide high-quality health, life, disability, dental, vision and indemnity plans. We offer fully insured and self-funded group coverage, including stop loss, as well as Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and individual plans. Our plans provide peace of mind to more than 1.2 million Ohioans.

We’re not just one of the largest health insurance companies based in Ohio, we’re also the longest running. Founded in 1934, we’re proud of our rich history with the communities where we live and work.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse and nicotine testing.