Job: Associate Director, Healthcare Economics - Multiple Locations

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Jobing Description

This individual contributor role provides analytic support and consulting to national inpatient care management leadership on high priority strategic and operational initiatives.

Primary job responsibilities include:

• Works closely with national clinical services leadership to identify and facilitate best practices for more than 1,400 nurses and non-clinical inpatient utilization management staff


• Uses statistical analysis of medical claims and inpatient notification data to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical inpatient management programs


• Develops business plans, economic evaluations and ROI calculations to forecast financial benefits and staffing impact of new business initiatives


• Works with finance and clinical services to secure budget approval and staffing for inpatient management initiatives


• Mentors other analytics staff in the department

Skills / Requirements

Required:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience


• 5+ years of forecasting, analysis and reporting experience in a health care environment; background in managed care strongly preferred


• Clearly demonstrated expertise in problem solving, data management, study design, and study implementation


• 2+ years experience working with database systems and analytical tools such as SAS or SQL


• Strong verbal and written communication skills


• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact collaboratively with internal customers across multiple departments and business segments


• Ability to learn quickly and work with minimal supervision


• Self-motivated to prioritize work on multiple complex assignments with ongoing deadlines

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Health Administration, Finance, Statistics, Economics, or related field


• Expertise in statistical modeling and analysis highly desirable


• Demonstrated success as a team leader or manager

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