Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Verda Healthcare, Inc.?is a Medicare Advantage Prescriptions Drug Plan (MAPD) organization committed to the idea that healthcare should be easily and equitably accessed by all, currently available in Texas and Arizona. Our mission is to ensure that underserved communities have access to health and wellness services, and receive the support needed to live a healthy life that is free of worry and full of joy. We are looking for an Informatics Analyst to join our growing company with many internal opportunities.

Are you ready to join a company that is changing the face of health care across the nation? Verda Healthcare health plan is looking for people like you who value excellence, integrity, caring and innovation. As an employee, you’ll join a team dedicated to improving the lives of our Medicare members. Our vision incorporates value-based health care that works. We value diversity.

Align your career goals with Verda Healthcare and we will support you all the way.

Position Overview
The Informatics Analyst manages and organizes Verda’s healthcare data using common industry standard technologies and solutions. They will work closely with Operations, Clinical, and IT leadership to analyze and interpret this data, playing a crucial role in researching and identifying trends and patterns that can inform Verda decision making and operations. They will develop an in-depth understanding of the underlying data and proper business uses to translate end-user data and information requirements into a format to aid various Verda teams in drawing insight from that data. This includes creating queries, visualizations, algorithms, and reports.

This role is responsible for collecting and integrating data from disparate sources, analyzing data to uncover trends and patterns, presenting information and suggesting improvements based on data analysis, understanding healthcare operations and systems, creating data models that capture a wide range of healthcare operations, and recommending ways to increase healthcare quality and reduce costs.

This role reports to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and will work closely with other executive leadership including Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Chief Operations Officer (COO), and other executive leadership.

Job Description

· Develop and implement clinical decision support tools and analytics that assist Verda leadership in making evidence-based decisions, producing clinical guidelines, and evolving best practices.

· Develop and implement analytical trending reports to uncover patterns and communicate that information to suggest improvements.

· Build data models that support analytical and decision support efforts by collecting and integrating data from disparate internal and external sources.

· Based upon data analysis, recommend ways to increase healthcare quality or reduce health plan costs.

· Special Projects as assigned.

· Ability to travel.

Professional Competencies

• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, Word, Visio, etc.).
• Experience with relational databases and common commercial analytics tools and other data visualization techniques .
• Experience in SQL and/or T-SQL use for queries, stored procedures and functions.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, including ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks, promote teamwork and fact-based decision making.
• Critical listening, problem solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, start-up culture with resiliency in a changing environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities . This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities but could be required to perform as a team leader and act as a backup for the team’s manager as needed.

Verda cares deeply about the future, growth, and well-being of its employees. Join our team today!

Job Type: Full-time

Compensation Range : $70,304-$85,000

Actual compensation offered will be determined based on experience, qualifications, skills, internal equity (if available), and geographic location. This position may also be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and benefits.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Paid time off (vacation, holiday, sick leave)
• Health insurance 
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance 
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• Full-time onsite (100% in-office)
• Hours of operations: 9am – 6pm
• Standard business hours Monday to Friday/weekends as needed
• Occasional travel may be required for meetings and training sessions.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Regularly sit/walk at a workstation in an office or cubicle setting. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25-50 pounds.

* Other duties may be assigned in support of departmental goals.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required in Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field
• Healthcare analytics certifications such as Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) or Certified Professional in Healthcare      Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) or equivalent preferred
• 2-3+ years’ experience relational databases, and/or common Microsoft data analytics tools (i.e. – PowerBI, SSRS,etc) to develop data visualizations and dashboards 
• Cross-functional collaboration across multiple lines of businesses
• 2+ years’ experience with data analysis to analyze and provide data trend reporting to senior leaders
• Provide ad-hoc reports as needed

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Relocation, Monday to Friday, Weekend work

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