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We're a Little Different
Our mission is clear. We bring to life a healing ministry through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
At Mercy, we believe in careers that match the unique gifts of unique individuals – careers that not only make the most of your skills and talents, but also your heart. Join us and discover why Modern Healthcare Magazine named us in its “Top 100 Places to Work.”
Overview:
This is a REMOTE position.
The Health Economics and Performance Optimization Lead Analyst manages the overall coordination of analytics projects and ensures projects meet time and scope requirements and the needs of stakeholders.
Coordinates with Mercy clinical and operational stakeholders, external partners, and IT staff to scope and create analytical solutions to advance Mercy's performance across value-based agreements and primary care.
Partners with stakeholders to develop plan for implementation and enhancement of analytical solutions.
Serves as subject matter expert of analytical solutions post-implementation.
Performs duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission, values, and Mercy Service Standards.
• Manages or consults the analytical approach for multiple initiatives or projects related to primary care or value-based performance across Mercy
• Creates operational, economic, clinical or statistical analysis to evaluate performance and drive performance in primary care and value-based agreements; analyze data for trends, outliers and make recommendations for improvement.
• Demonstrates credibility as a subject matter expert of analytical approaches to reach goals and objectives of primary care and value-based agreements
• Exhibits high level of service with internal and external stakeholders by establishing strong partnerships and sense of team
• Assesses impact of historical performance compared to best possible and expected scenarios
• Ensures analytical solutions are delivered with high degree of quality and reliability within scope and on time
• Synthesizes data/information to help stakeholders make decisions to drive performance and improve patient care
• Connects analytical solutions to patient care and operations, i.e., make data actionable
• Tests new logic, compares output to industry standards, troubleshoots reasons for outliers, and suggests changes in the logic to improve accuracy of statistical calculations.
• Analyzes programming and software issues relative to system analysis, data management, and data analysis requirements.
• Ensures strategic alignment of analytical solutions with clinical and business needs
• Identifies opportunities for cross-functional participation and connects with appropriate coworkers (business, clinical, technical), providers, physicians or leaders
• Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Experience: Eight years of relevant technical, business or clinical work experience
- Required Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, finance, economics, health management or related field, specialized training, or equivalent work experience.
- Preferred Education: Master's degree in related field
- Certifications: Epic data model certification or obtain within 6-months of hire date
Certification in Mercy's health economics platform within 6-months of hire date - Other: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Highly proficient with development of BI applications, e.g., PowerBI, Tableau
Highly proficient in programming language, e.g., SQL, SAS, R
We Offer Great Benefits:
Day-one comprehensive health, vision and dental coverage, PTO, tuition reimbursement and employer-matched retirement funds are just a few of the great benefits offered to eligible co-workers, including those working 32 hours or more per pay period!
We're bringing to life a healing ministry through compassionate care.
At Mercy, our supportive community will be behind you every step of your day, especially the tough ones. You will have opportunities to pioneer new models of care and transform the health care experience through advanced technology and innovative procedures. We're expanding to help our communities grow. Join us and be a part of it all.
What Makes You a Good Match for Mercy?
Compassion and professionalism go hand-in-hand with us. Having a positive outlook and a strong sense of advocacy is in perfect step with our mission and vision. We're also collaborative and unafraid to do a little extra to deliver excellent care – that's just part of our commitment. If that sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.
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