Economic consultant Jobs in Omaha, NE

Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Healthcare Strategist to join Medica's healthcare economics team. This role is pivotal in developing and implementing data strategies that drive key business decisions within our organization. The ideal candidate will leverage data from various sources to enhance the use of healthcare data, industry standards, benchmarks to inform key stakeholders and partners to support key business decisions focused on cost optimization, ultimately improving financial performance and patient outcomes. The strategist will also focus on industry trends in pharmacy and medical services, incorporating benchmarking practices to ensure competitive positioning.

Responsibilities :

• Data Analysis and Insight

Analyze complex healthcare data to identify trends, patterns, and key performance indicators (KPIs) related to utilization, cost, quality, and member health status.

Conduct regular assessments of industry trends in pharmacy and medical services, (e.g., regulatory changes, payer strategies, and emerging therapies).

Create customized reports and dashboards to visualize key metrics, including benchmarking data against industry standards, and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders at various organizational levels.

Stay updated on emerging data technologies and analytics tools to enhance analytical capabilities.

Manage the lifecycle of data strategy and benchmarking projects and initiatives, including requirements gathering, scoping, resource planning and delivery.

Stay abreast of healthcare trends, best practices and regulatory changes affecting benchmarking and healthcare analytics.

Identify high-risk patient populations through data analysis and partner internally to develop targeted interventions to improve health outcomes.

Develop, document, and maintain operating playbooks, workflows, and standard operating procedures for analytics processes, ensuring consistent and well documented methodologies.

Qualifications :

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work from the designated office -Minnetonka, MN, Madison, WI, or Omaha, NE - , on average, 2+ times per week.

The full salary range for this position is ($98,400 - $168,600). Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and / or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica's compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Medica's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) includes unifying our workforce through learning and development, recruitment and retention. We consistently communicate the importance of DEI, celebrate achievements, and seek out community partnerships and diverse suppliers that are representative of everyone in our community. We are developing sustainable programs and investing time, talent and resources to ensure that we are living our values. We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)