Senior Payer Informatics Analyst

At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people – the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000 professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization. 

As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient-centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals. Our work spans a broad spectrum of services, all designed to support physicians, health systems and employers in delivering efficient, value-based care to patients without compromising quality or autonomy.  

What sets SCA Health apart isn’t just what we do, it’s how we do it. Each decision we make is rooted in seven core values: 

• Clinical quality 
• Integrity 
• Service excellence 
• Teamwork 
• Accountability 
• Continuous improvement 
• Inclusion 

Our values aren’t empty words – they inform our attitudes, actions and culture. At SCA Health, your work directly impacts patients, physicians and communities. Here, you’ll find opportunities to build your career alongside a team that values your expertise, invests in your success, and shares a common mission to care for patients, serve physicians and improve health care in America.    

At SCA Health, we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, well-being, and financial future. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k plan with company match, paid time off, life and disability insurance, and more. Click here to learn more about our benefits.

Your ideas should inspire change. If you join our team, they will. 

SCA Health is currently accepting applications for a Senior Analyst position on our innovative and fast-paced Payer Informatics team. This role will directly contribute toward SCA Health’s relentless pursuit of creating value in specialty care through supporting our physicians and caring for the patients and communities we serve. Key areas of focus include building and supporting both facility and practice analytics while using technical tools to automate processes and create scale.

Specifically, this individual will:

• Leverage prior technical experience and education to partner with a cross-functional team in the full development lifecycle of delivering innovative tools that support key enterprise initiatives
• Load, cleanse, and analyze externally-sourced claims data, combining with internal data sources to develop complex business algorithms that support key initiatives
• Perform specific DBA-level functions in SQL Server as co-system administrator on the team’s analytics server, and provide training to business users on technical concepts and best practices
• Build Tableau dashboards and deliver training sessions on how to maximize value from reporting
• Represent the team as subject matter expert on all analytics server data
• Have significant autonomy in working toward both individual and team goals, while being accountable for results
• Ask thoughtful questions, present ideas, and actively seek new opportunities to contribute
• Closely interact with the IT department concerning changes in enterprise data sources, modifying existing reports when necessary in a self-directed manner

• Possess an “anything is possible” mentality resulting from a relentless drive to continuously expand current skills using research of alternative methods to deliver on business needs
• Specialized knowledge of healthcare-specific data acquisition, management, analysis, and interpretation from disparate sources using SQL Server Management Studio and Snowflake
• Ability to absorb and retain communicated requirements, anticipating additional customer needs and proactively developing solutions to meet them
• Extreme attention to detail through demonstrated consistency in SQL scripts and report design
• Ability to deconstruct existing processes, document key components, and make modifications that maintain relevance in a changing data environment
• Functional understanding of medical billing terminology, as well as procedural and diagnosis-related coding
• Ability to identify patterns in, and discern relationships between, externally-provided data tables without support from the table source vendor
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel/VBA, Tableau, and/or Power BI a plus
• Up to 10% travel required for company meetings

Salary : $80,000