Healthcare Data and Policy Analyst

Eaton is a company within the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) that is seeking a Healthcare Data and Policy Analyst. The role involves analyzing federal health-related legislation and policies, managing analytic activities, and developing software solutions to support healthcare associations and systems.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews, understands, summarizes and analyzes federal health-related legislation, regulations and other policies, using computer processing techniques for economic, financial, and information research projects
• Reviews legislative and regulatory Medicare proposals. Identifies and evaluates the major policy components, assesses the modeling potential, and translates requirements/ specifications into development and production of algorithms and programs
• Develops updates, enhancements, and revisions to existing products to make them easier to use, reflect client requests for improvements, and incorporate changes in the Medicare payment environment
• Works with the team to develop/enhance software models using a business intelligence platform (i.e., Information Builders’ WebFOCUS). Creates and modifies analytic programs using SQL
• Prepares final project deliverables using business intelligence software. Prepares data visualizations (e.g. charts, graphs, tables) and user-friendly interfaces for presentation of analytic findings
• Presents information to clients and their hospital members in formal settings such as Annual Meeting, Webinars, and Conference Calls. Takes complex material and presents in a meaningful manner. Composes and compiles the necessary visual aids (e.g. charts, graphs, tables) for presentation of analytic findings
• Edits and validates information collected from various sources, including Medicare cost reports, claims data, rate reports and CMS Care Compare
• Prepares and updates written documentation on the preparation and use of KeySTATS’ products. Conducts group and individual training sessions for the use of the products. Follows procedures and maintains documentation on completed projects for reference on future projects
• Participates in the maintenance of current state and national databases required for the division’s analyses and modeling

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in Health finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a closely related field
• Strong analytic, problem-solving, and math skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrated experience with PL/SQL or T-SQL
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to interact with external clients at executive levels with State Associations and Health Systems
• Ability to interact with internal teams
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Ability to multi-task
• Master's degree
• 2 years of experience in a position involving the application of techniques of economic analysis, statistics, financial, and/or information analysis in a health-related field (particularly the hospital industry)
• Working knowledge of industry coding (ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS)
• Business Intelligence platform development experience
• Experience with large databases, relational databases and stored procedures