Senior data analyst - statistics

Job Details:

Job Location: Work From Home - Clive, IA

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: Graduate Degree

Salary Range: $80000.00 - $90000.00 Salary/year

Travel Percentage: Negligible

Job Shift: Fully Remote

Job Category: Data Analyst

If you enjoy solving complex problems with data and statistics, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact. You'll analyze healthcare payment and medical review data, contribute to federal healthcare policy research, and work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality analytical solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Integrate datasets tracking healthcare billing and payment, medical reviews, and related operations
• Construct summaries and analyses for monitoring healthcare payments and evaluating medical review activities
• Contribute statistical expertise to research questions related to federal healthcare policies and payments
• Collaborate with a multi-skilled team of analysts and policy experts on project-based work

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in an analytical field, such as statistics, mathematics, economics, or epidemiology, or similar academic experience
• Proficiency in statistical theory related to statistical sampling, estimation, and hypothesis testing
• Proficiency in Excel
• Proficiency in programming for data analysis in a language such as Python, R, SAS, or STATA

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years in data analysis related to Medicare
• Experience applying statistical sampling, estimation, and hypothesis testing (academic research projects considered)
• Data analysis proficiency in Python
• Querying proficiency in SQL

Other Requirements:

Eligibility for federal background checks, including residence in the United States for at least 3 years out of the past 5 years.