Lead Data Scientist – Clinical Program Evaluation

Job Description

Lead Data Scientist – Clinical Analytics, Care Delivery Innovation

One of our clients is a large Integrated Delivery System in NYC who is developing value- based models of reimbursement and care delivery. This initiative is focused on Population Health, ACO, and direct to Employer models.

To support these strategies, we are hiring an analytics team comprised of talented analysts and data scientists that are passionate about developing a true system of care that creates value for our customers and patients.

Roles & Responsibilities :

• You will design and implement data-driven insights to enable value-based contracts and commercial offerings. You will support the contract lifecycle from initial development and planning, through pre-sale and implementation, to reconciliation.
• During planning phase : analyze variance to identify opportunities and risks; develop pro-forma scenario models of contracts and terms; create reports to guide negotiations with prospects
• During implementation : forecast performance results and support client-specific areas of interest
• During reconciliation : measure performance of our products across financial, patient satisfaction, and quality outcomes. Apply performance evaluation that fulfills contract terms and, when appropriate, the demands of rigorous outcomes research methodology.
• Work with departmental staff to identify requirements for reporting and / or business intelligence tools.
• Identify necessary data and methodologies; collect, integrate, analyze and interpret data.
• Leverage advanced statistical analysis methods to create insightful recommendations and conclusions that you effectively communicate to your stakeholders.
• Identify and address expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions. Clearly communicate data issues to the recipients and work to improve data quality where possible within the analytical models you create. Feed data quality issues back to IT to assist in our quest for high quality data.
• Develop and present reports, analyses and findings to senior management and others as scheduled or requested.
• You will engage with the Managed Care Contracting and Commercialization teams and interface with key leaders in our care management and clinical service lines.
• Act as liaison / analyst for internal stakeholders, understand their needs and translate them into reporting and analytic solutions.

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