Government Programs Analyst Or Senior - Medicare

  • Full-Time
  • Portland, OR
  • Cambia Health Solutions
  • Posted 2 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description
Government Programs Analyst or Senior - Medicare

The position can be remote in our four Cambia states - OR, WA, ID or UT

Preference for candidates with experience in competitive market analysis, particularly Medicare Advantage plans.

Preference for candidates with experience forecasting health plan enrollment or other forecast modeling.

The Government Programs Analyst or Senior creates competitive advantage for our Government Programs business unit by facilitating more efficient aggregation and analysis of information. This will be accomplished by collecting, aggregating and analyzing information from a variety of internal and external sources, then proactively identifying and communicating potential risks and opportunities to management.

Responsibilities:
  • This role exists to create competitive advantage for Government Programs by facilitating more efficient aggregation and analysis of information as well as providing insights from that analysis to the organization.

  • Develops methodologies and approaches to new tasks and projects through design and development of analytical models and reports.

  • Proactively identify issues and concerns to management.

  • Develops knowledge of health plan operations, health plan data sources and structures, and cost containment strategies.

  • Identifies problems or needed changes, recommends resolution, and participates in quality improvement efforts.

  • Identifies needed reporting, assembles or directs the assembly of reports and distributes such information.

  • Performs acceptance testing of new reports, programs and models.

  • Documents business requirements and methods used to generate work output.

  • Drives analytic innovation and best practices within Cambia.

  • Actively identifies and eliminates inefficient or ineffective use of resources and provides recommendation on process improvements.

Minimum Requirements:
  • Keen analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Solid oral and written communication skills. Ability to “connect the dots”, meaning analyze information from multiple sources to determine risks and opportunities for the Govt. Programs division.

  • Skilled user of PowerPoint, Excel and Tableau. Ability to design and develop reporting tools and dashboards.

  • Current knowledge and experience using analytic programming tools and methods such as SAS, SQL, Python or R. Knowledge of Alteryx preferred.

  • Business sense (finance, accounting, economics, risk management, public health economics, social service research or epidemiology).

  • Ability to organize, plan and prioritize assignments within multiple projects.

  • Must be able to work with minimal direction and be very flexible to coordinate complex activities that are often subject to rapid or extensive changes.

  • Medicare Advantage experience preferred.

Normally to be proficient in the competencies listed above

Government Programs Analyst would have a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, mathematics, actuarial science, statistics, or related field and 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Government Programs Analyst Senior would have a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, mathematics, actuarial science, statistics, or related field and 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

This is a multiple level position depending on experience.

This position includes 401(k), healthcare, paid time off, paid holidays, and more. For more information, please visit www.cambiahealth.com/careers/total-rewards .

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer dedicated to workforce diversity and a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.

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