Description and Requirements The Healthcare Analyst (HCA) provides support through the research and investigation of business issues related to cost, utilization, and revenue data for multiple Healthfirst products. The HCA will identify/monitor cost and utilization trends and the root causes in health plan trend performance and provide recommendations for solutions. The HCA will interact with divisional subject matter experts, Network, and IT and other areas of the organization to provide support in various tasks related to achieving business objectives. The HCA will contribute to a broad set of projects across the department. This position requires an individual with emerging skills who enjoys working in a fast paced and challenging environment. The HCA works in partnership with other areas of Finance to provide key insights and analysis to our internal stakeholders across departments like operations and medical management as well as our external hospital and provider networks.

Job Description:

Analyze the financial performance of all Healthfirst products, identify favorable and unfavorable trends, develop recommendations to improve trends, communicate recommendations to management.Create financial models to evaluate the impact of provider reimbursement changes.Gather data and conduct ad hoc analyses as directed by other department team members and assist with the development and presentation of analytical data reports.Support department projects related to medical cost reduction initiatives.Assist with Return on Investment (RoI) analyses for vendors to determine if their financial and clinical performance is achieving desired results.Keep abreast of New York Medicaid and Medicare reforms and their impact on Healthfirst and their owner hospital performance.Provide support to the department’s performance improvement work groups.Monitor costs and revenue trends and assist in understanding trends.Understand and analyze impacts of new program changes.Responsible for creating, modifying, and updating analysis for Provider Organizations.Responsible for contract analysis and fee schedule modeling.Maintain current project logs and work plans on assignments.Additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:  

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, ideally in Finance, Math, Statistics or Computer Science.  Experience with SQL highly preferred, but SAS is also acceptable. Experience with MS Excel functions that include working with large data sets, creating standardized reports, utilizing vLookups and advanced functions/ formulas; creating, using and interpreting pivot tables, filtering and formatting.  Experience using Tableau or other Data Visualization tools (Power BI, etc)Self-motivated, creative problem solver who can work independently and collaborate through strong communication and interpersonal skills.   

Preferred Qualifications:  

Basic understanding of Medicaid and Medicare programs or other healthcare plans.  Strong project management experience and ability to handle multiple projects in a fast paced environment.  Demonstrated understanding of key managed care concepts and provider reimbursement principles such as risk adjustment, capitation, FFS (Fee-for-Service), Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG’s), Ambulatory Patient Groups (APG’s), Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APC’s), and other payment mechanisms.  Understanding of value-based risk arrangements.  

Hiring Range*:

Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $67,200 - $97,155

All Other Locations (within approved locations): $59,800 - $88,910

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

*The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.