Medical Informatics Analyst Sr.

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Detroit, MI

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

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Full-Time

Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package

Overview: Provides technical, data and software support to customer departments such as Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Value Partnerships, Hospital Contracting, Wellness Care Management and HCV Center of Excellence.
Responsibilities: <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Leads projects with minimum direction where data solutions are necessary. Provides programming and data expertise for complex projects and ad-hoc requests.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Presents data and solutions to internal and/or external customers in a logical way. Provides data support and analysis for programs supporting over 4 million BCBSM beneficiaries using administrative claims data totaling $20 billion per year.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Provides analysis and data support for various corporate departments including Value Partnership, Wellness Care Management, Hospital Contracting, and Center of Excellence in support of major corporate initiatives such as PGIP, RMRA, STARS and NCQA/HEDIS.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Standardizes, harmonizes, cleans and shares data with others in the organization as well as external customers.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Creates and maintains data-centric product solutions, including third party program integrations such as CAVE, HEDIS, risk scores.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Supports various reporting activities and continuously strives to make them more efficient and easier for the customers to consume.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Completes ad-hoc data and analytic requests as assigned.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Works with HCV-IT and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics to maintain and enhance our Clinical Program Data Mart.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Provides mentoring and oversight to co-workers.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Leads projects and other analysts may provide support. &nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;">Other duties as assigned.</span></li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Mathematics, Healthcare Information Technology or similar degree required.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Master's Degree preferred.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Minimum 6 years of progressively more responsible related work experience.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Ability to use advanced functions in SQL or SAS or SPSS programming.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Solid working knowledge of Microsoft tools and software (i.e., Excel, Visio, Access, PowerPoint).</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Competency in programming concepts such as Visual Basic, Business Objects, .Net, MDX, C++, or COBOL.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Must possess the ability to help others think critically and share complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences both orally and in writing.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Must be able to translate thoughts and ideas from non-data customers into data-centric solutions.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Knowledge of data warehousing and data mining concepts including but not limited to ETL, datamart design, fact tables, dimension tables, data views within data marts/data warehouses, olap, rolap and data models such as star schemas and snowflake schemas.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Ability to recognize data patterns, quantify potential issues and identify solutions.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Ability to standardize, harmonize, clean, prepare and use data for developing datasets, reporting and analysis.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Basic understanding of epidemiologic principals and population health management concepts desirable.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Knowledge of healthcare terminology, plan/benefit design and fundamental operational principles and administrative claims data including standard coding schemes such as ICD-9/10 and HCPCS.</span></div> </li> <li> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Must possess strong leadership skills.</span></div> </li> </ul>