Qlarant
is hiring
Data Analyst, Healthcare
About Our Company
For 49 years, our history has been rooted in commitment to quality improvement for organizations — and quality of life for the people they serve.
We began as Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care in 1973 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore as one of the country’s first quality review organizations for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Through the decades, we created entities that became nationally known, including Delmarva Foundation, Health Integrity, and Quality Health Strategies.
Today, we’ve brought together these extensive resources and the expertise of more than 500 professionals under one name — Qlarant — serving some of our nation’s most important programs in health, human services, government and insurance & financial services.
Qlarant has a strong commitment to protecting the integrity of national and state health care systems in Medicare, Medicaid, and the private sector. In addition, The Qlarant Foundation issues annual grant awards to various programs that provide programs to underserved communities.
Qlarant offers a broad range of innovative services: we’re proud to deliver our solutions for Quality Improvement; Fraud, Waste, & Abuse; and Data Sciences & Technology. Our Real-time Predictive Modeling and Data Analytics tools sift through billions of claims and public criminal records to detect aberrant trends and alert users for early investigative and audit actions with high accuracy and performance. We also provide quality review programs, auditing, training, and have an in-house call center ready to meet your needs. Visit www.qlarant.com for further information.
Job Description & Responsibilities
This position is an entry level professional performing study design, data analysis, and report preparation. Studies originate from preliminary data analysis (trends), literature review, experience and expertise of the team, and mandated projects. Data analysis, including data preparation and presentation of findings is performed in conjunction with other analysts. Reports are drafted by teams with leadership of Data Scientists.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Trend data to identify potential opportunities (e.g., variances, significant outliers, percentile ranked groups) for quality improvement or focused investigations.
- Aid in design data analysis strategies to identify potential areas for quality improvement or focused investigation.
- Analyze data, draw conclusions, and summarize into quality indicator values
- Develop tabular and graphical presentations of data, which clearly and concisely illustrate current levels of care.
- Populate tabular and graphical presentation of data.
- Contribute to the development of interventions (i.e., develop educational materials for doctors and nurses) which will improve healthcare processes and outcomes.
- Facilitate design re-measurement strategies (after intervention) of healthcare processes and outcomes to effectively quantify impact of interventions for improvement.
- Analyze re-measurement data and summarize into quality indicator values.
- Support development of reports concerning all of the above.
- May mentor junior Data Analysts in technical aspects of their work.
- Assist in preparing findings for publishing in peer reviewed journals.
- Familiar with commonly used concepts, practices and procedures, relying on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
Requirements
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
- Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions.
- Judgment - Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decisions.
Other Skills And Abilities
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have fluency in Python, R or SAS and MS Office.
- Ability to work independently and in teams.
- Must possess familiarity with statistical methodologies, and automation techniques for analytic tasks.
- Ability to work with highly sensitive information while preserving the confidentiality of the information.
- Working knowledge of healthcare systems, Medicare/Medicaid preferred, healthcare databases and coding systems.
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics or Mathematics required.
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on work exprerience using Python, R or SAS. A Masters degree and academic project experience can be substitued.
- 6 months experience with health related analytic research and quality improvement methodology (ISO, CQI, TQM, Six Sigma, Lean, Etc.) preferred.
What we offer
The hiring range is up to the midpoint in our salary range. Offers are based on skill level and experience. Internal equity is a major factor in our salary offers.
The midpoint varies based on the cost of labor (not cost of living) in your region. For example, the hiring range for Chico, CA would be $59,100/yr to $82,700/yr and Los Angeles would be $65,000/yr to $91,000/yr.
We offer a complete compensation package that includes health, dental, vision, and long and short term disability insurance, generous leave accruals, tuition reimbursement and a retirement plan that contributes an amount equal to 10% of your earnings with no required employee contribution. We also offer promotional opportunities (the reason this position is open) and a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
