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Advanced Analytics Consultant – Health Economics Team (HET) PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Health Economics Team (HET) is seeking a candidate to fulfill the Analytics Consultant position in its Chicago, Dallas, and Austin offices. An Analytics Consultant’s primary responsibility is to leverage strong technical skills (SQL, R, Python, and Tableau) and healthcare industry knowledge (payor, provider, pharmacy, public health, epidemiology, etc.) to conduct client-facing engagements with HCSC’s largest Enterprise National Accounts (ENAs). Specific responsibilities may include: • Performing research into various healthcare-related topics (diagnoses, treatments, cost of care, health policies, population health, plan design, provider quality and efficiency, and other social and market forces to help evaluate clients’ strategic decisions and operational outcomes • Understanding and being highly proficient at querying a wide variety of healthcare data and related population data (medical/pharmacy claims, behavioral health claims, health care management (HCM) records, electronic medical records (EMR), provider databases (AMA, NPI, DEA, etc.), member/patient demographic data, and publicly available databases (U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, NIH, etc.) in order to construct a robust, accurate, 360-view data environment that is unique to each client • Employing techniques such as a case-control study, regression analyses, principal component analyses, clustering exercises, propensity scoring, classification, ROI calculation, etc. to produce actionable insights • Creating a dynamic and visually engaging dashboard in Tableau • Presenting work to and holding regular touch-base meetings with clients • Helping to maintain a strong and collaborative matrixed team between client, various internal stakeholders (account management, care management, clinical, pharmacy, network, etc.), and other third parties (vendors, brokers, and consultants)

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree and 3 years experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics including 1 year experience in data analysis and information reporting relating to healthcare data, including pharmacy OR 7 years experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics including 1 year experience in data analysis and information reporting relating to healthcare data, including pharmacy.
• Requires in-depth knowledge and experience
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services
• Independently solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions
• Works independently, receives minimal guidance
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may direct the work of other staff members

Preferred Requirements:

• Analytical Thinking:  Approaches a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach; makes a systematic comparison of tow or more alternatives; notices discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; identifies a set of features, parameters or considerations to take into account, in analyzing a situation or making a decision; approaches a complex task or problem by breaking it down into its component parts and considering each part in detail; weighs the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success, in making a decision identifies many possible causes for a problem; carefully weighs the priority of things to be done.
• Communication for Results:  Writes and speaks effectively, using conventions proper to the situation; states own opinions clearly and concisely; demonstrates openness and honesty; listens well during meetings and feedback sessions; explains reasoning behind own opinions; asks others for their opinions and feedback; asks questions to ensure understanding; exercises a professional approach with others using all appropriate tools of communication; uses consideration and tact when offering opinions.
• Conceptual Thinking:  Sees crucial differences between current situation and things that have happened before; quickly identifies the central or underlying issues in a complex situation.
• Information Seeking:  Recognizes and interprets the information problem; establishes a plan of search; conducts the search; evaluates the results, and if necessary, iterates through the process again.
• Initiative: Identifies what needs to be done and takes action before being ask or required to; does more than what is normally required in a situation ; seeks out others involved in a situation to learn their perspectives; takes independent action to change the direction of events.
• Openness to Learning:  Keeps up-to-date on current research and technology in one's work focus and identifies and pursues areas for development and training that will enhance job performance; takes responsibility for one's own development; maintains fluency in appropriate work applications, software, or tools; reviews, selects, and disseminates information regarding key technologies, best practices, and tools to others in the group; continually looks for ways to expand job capabilities.
• Results Orientation:  Focuses on the desired end results of one's own or one's unit's work; sets challenging goals; focuses effort on the goals, and meets or exceeds them; develops challenging but achievable goals; develops clear goals for meetings and projects; maintains commitment to goals in the face of obstacles and frustrations; finds or creates ways to measure performance against goals; exerts unusual effort over time to achieve a goal; has a strong sense of urgency about solving problems and getting work done.
• Teamwork:  Listens and responds constructively to other team members' ideas; offers support for others' ideas and proposals; is open with other team members about concerns; expresses disagreement constructively; gives honest and constructive feedback to other team members; provides assistance to others
• Thoroughness:  Double-checks the accuracy of information and work product to provide accurate and consistent work; provides information on a timely basis and in a usable form to others who need to act on it; carefully monitors the details and quality of own and others' work; expresses concern that things be done right, thoroughly, or precisely; completes all work according to procedures and standards.
• Understanding Environment:  Understands agendas and perspectives of others, recognizing and effectively balancing the interests and needs of one's own group with those of the broader organization.

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