Quantitative Research Consultant, OptumServe Consulting/The Lewin Group

OptumServe Consulting (OSC)/The Lewin Group (Lewin), a premier national healthcare and human services consulting and policy analysis firm, brings more than 50 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. OSC/Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients:

• Improve policy and expand knowledge of healthcare and human service systems
• Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of healthcare and family services
• Deal with shifts in healthcare practice, technology, and regulation
• Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes
• Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations, governments, and people to make healthcare and human services systems more effective

Currently, OSC/Lewin has more than 250 consultants drawn from industry, government, and academia. They all share a solid commitment to Lewin's core values of objectivity, integrity, analytical innovation, vision, and dedication to client satisfaction.
As a Quantitative Research Consultant, you will perform a variety of research and analysis tasks to support consulting projects for federal and state governments, health plans, associations and foundations, hospitals, and health systems.
OSC/Lewin is seeking recent graduates of master's programs in fields such as mathematics, statistics, biostatistics, economics, computer science, data science, epidemiology, or other quantitative fields. Individuals without a master's degree who have 2 to 3 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree may fill these roles as well. Lewin assists state and federal administrations such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in evaluating and optimizing healthcare program operations through a combination of analytic and policy-driven research, modeling, and reporting.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Contribute to projects involving the application of statistical sampling such as:
  • Investigating improper Medicare and Medicaid billing
  • Estimating fund recoupment associated with auditing programs
  • Predicting improper billing for audit optimization
• Summarize and analyze claims data as well as perform hypothesis testing
• Perform data extractions and data cleaning
• Produce analytic reports on statistical issues

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:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university and 2 years of experience performing quantitative analysis, overseeing day-to-day management of project tasks, and preparing presentations and reports for clients or a Master's degree from an accredited college/university
• Experience performing qualitative or quantitative analysis
• Proven ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience with preparing presentations and reports
• Proven solid oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated aptitude for interpreting data outputs and articulating findings
• Experience using software for data analysis, such as Snowflake, Snowsight, SQL, Python, or R
• Demonstrated intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office-Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Demonstrated solid interest in healthcare or public policy

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data analyses, such as hypothesis testing, regression modeling, and data visualization
• Experience working with large datasets
• Experience working effectively as a member of a project team
• Demonstrated familiarity with medical claims data and/or medical auditing data
• Healthcare or human services research experience

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.
OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment