Evaluation Analyst I

Company Overview

Health Dialog is a leading provider of care management services and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BUPA, a global provider of healthcare services. Health Dialog helps physician groups, health plans, government agencies, and self-insured employers improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs. The firm's offerings include disease management, analytic services, telephonic and online Health Coaching, health and wellness initiatives, and other care management support for individuals, payors, and physicians. Health Dialog helps individuals become more actively engaged in the management of their health and healthcare and have more effective relationships with their physicians. For more information about Health Dialog, please visit their website www.healthdialog.com.

 

Position Description

The Analyst is responsible for performing analyses of health care data, including medical and pharmacy claims, membership files, authorizations, survey, Health Coaching interaction, and other data from a wide variety of clients and systems. The Analyst will be responsible for executing analytic programming on an array of studies of the effectiveness of Health Dialog programs and services.  We are looking for excellent analytical and planning skills, creativity, and excellent communication skills.  There are open positions in our Manchester, NH and Boston, MA offices.

 

Primary Responsibilities

·  Designing, programming, and documenting SAS code to analyze data, utilizing data manipulation, descriptive analyses, and statistical analyses.

·  Communicating analytic plans

·  Structuring data displays to clearly communicate findings

·  Summarizing results in clear, succinct ways to enable use for senior level audiences internal and external to Health Dialog

 

Preferred Qualifications

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate programming skill, focus and initiative in learning and applying parts of the SAS system.  Although SAS experience is preferred, we will train candidates with strong analytic and/ or technical backgrounds but who have no SAS experience. Applicants with training in Operations Research, direct marketing, survey research, retail analysis, or quantitative Social Science disciplines, such as economics, sociology and psychology, are encouraged to apply.  Previous experience with standard Health Care reporting, such as HEDIS measures, or with clinical trials is a strong positive.  The following qualifications are desired:

·  1-3 years of experience using an analytic package to process complex and intricate data. Number of years of experience is not as important as how those years have been used. In lieu of SAS, programming experience with SQL (including MS ACCESS), Stata or SPSS syntax, and work with relational databases is desirable.

·  Ability to plan analytic activities

·  Ability to get and stay organized in a fast-paced environment

·  Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines

·  Ability to analyze and solve complex problems

·  Ability to work in a team environment and be flexible in taking on various projects

·  Strong attention to detail

·  Ability to communicate complex data analytics clearly in written and oral presentations.  Previous experience with MS PowerPoint is a plus.

·  Ability to deal responsibly with confidential information

·  Bachelor’s degree in technical or analytic fields (computer science, economics, statistics, sociology, marketing, public health, etc.)

·  Record of academic and/ or business achievement

 





Health Dialog is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party search firms.