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We are searching for a Senior Healthcare Economics Analyst to join our experienced team. This creative role offers an excellent opportunity to directly impact an innovative function and secure your future with an industry leader.  This role sits within a functional support team that supports the Community and State value based contracting health plan efforts to provide optimal, affordable care for our members. This position will provide analytic support and consultation to local market health plans related to the modeling, analysis, and administration of required reporting and payments for C&S VBC agreements.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Interpret and analyze membership, claims, and utilization data
• Provide management with statistical findings, explanations, and conclusions  
• Support complex data validation and conceptual analyses
• Support projects to completion by contributing to data extraction, analysis, and financial reporting
• Support team projects to develop analytical improvements
• Prepare target models in support of customer requests, following contracting guidelines
• Complete physician scorecard reports according to terms of VBC agreements and present to Health Plan leadership
• Produce quarterly financial reports for value based contracting partners
• Log value based contracting results for performance monitoring

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
  
• Experience with data analytics, in a healthcare setting a plus
  
• Intermediate level of proficiency working with MS Excel including formulas, calculations, charts, graphs, pivot tables, etc.
  
• Beginner level proficiency with SQL, SAS and/or other statistical programs 
  
• Proven effective verbal and written communication skills
  
• Proven ability to quickly learn and use computer software tools effectively
  
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Health Insurance experience
  
• Basic level understanding of capitation rate setting
  
   

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington residents is $58,300 to $114,300 annually.  Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.