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The Senior Data Analyst will be a key team member on the United Clinical Services Medical Policy Team. They will support the creation and management of UHC's medical policies by obtaining and analyzing data to support evidence driven research, utilization scenario forecasts and identifying trends in medical policies to enable proactive policy development strategies.
In this role you will leverage analytics, modeling, and forecasting skills to ensure Medical Policy's decisions are informed by the most meaningful metrics and the most up to date data. You will navigate a wide range of data in this role including claims, prior authorization, and peer reviewed publications. You will identify opportunities for Medical Policy's strategic advancement and identify problems before they emerge.
Additionally, you will build out and maintain visual dashboards to provide both internal and enterprise stakeholders with a clear picture of the progress, potential, and value being generated by Medical Policy.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze, review, forecast and trend complex data
• Create and provide monthly reports using claims data for medical policies undergoing review
  • aggregated across all lines of business, and
  • separated into individual lines of business
• Model utilization scenarios to assess for the business impact of over-/under-utilization
• Present findings on healthcare data trends at department meetings, identifying areas of potential waste and support for safety/quality action, leveraging industry benchmarks
• Evaluate the impact of new or significantly revised Medical Policies through comparison of pre- versus post-implementation data findings
• Report data on specific healthcare services by geographic regions/local markets
• Develop and deliver internal facing and client facing analytics and reporting activities via Tableau/Power BI dashboards
• Support short - and long-term operational/strategic business activities through analysis
• Provide ad hoc data analyses on a variety of policy issues that may arise
• Analyze data on medical technologies for possibly policy development
• Compare the performance of policies based on implementation approaches

Key Skill Sets:

• Comfortable working in a self-directed role where work is not perfectly prescribed, working with less structured, more complex issues
• Able to solve complex problems and develop innovative solutions for internal and external audiences
• Easily understands requirements from the client/business, able to turn those requirements into an appropriate analysis, report, dashboard and/or scorecard

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Analyst in the healthcare industry analyzing multiple data asset types (e.g., administrative claims, EMR, etc.)
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau/Power BI
• Demonstrated advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including V-lookups and pivot tables

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated advanced level of proficiency in PowerPoint and presentation skills
• Programming (SAS, SQL) best practices

Careers with UnitedHealthcare. Work with a Fortune 5 organization that's serving millions of people as we transform health care with bold ideas. Bring your energy for driving change for the better. Help us improve health access and outcomes for everyone, as we work to advance health equity, connecting people with the care they need to feel their best. As an industry leader, our commitment to improving lives is second to none.
Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, or New York City Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $82,100 to $146,900. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada/New York City residents is $90,500 to $161,600. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
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