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Texas Health and Human Services · 6 hours ago

Data Collection and Analysis Lead

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$5,797.66/mo - $7,652.91/mo

Texas Health and Human Services is committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of Texans. They are seeking a Data Collection and Analysis Lead who will manage data collection and analysis initiatives to improve healthcare quality and outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Health Care

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain data collection, data review, and data management tools using Microsoft Excel or other tools, ensuring data availability and accuracy

Manage timelines and create detailed work plans to ensure the on-time delivery of these tools

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather and maintain complete and accurate data

Ensure compliance with approved directed payment program (DPP) policies, procedures, quality rules, and state and federal regulations

Analyze Medicaid managed care quality performance data to develop policy and programmatic recommendations to advance quality goals and improve healthcare outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries

Create data visualization tools using Microsoft Power BI

Collaborate with DSQI team members to develop innovative, evidence-based policies or programs to drive quality improvement and delivery system reforms

Oversee the preparation and submission of required quality-related reports to regulatory agencies and stakeholders, maintaining accuracy and timeliness

Support the development of a new Microsoft Dataverse with integrated Power Apps for quality data monitoring, analysis, and evaluation

Draft high quality written documents, including policies, rules, project updates, legislative reports, memos for leadership, guidance documents, presentations, summaries, and other documents relating to quality improvement and innovation

Work with and present to internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement quality programs, identify and address technical assistance priorities, and communicate program progress and outcomes

Train, lead, assign, and/or prioritize the work of others (internal and external) for activities related to the Data Collection and Analysis Lead position

Qualification

Advanced Microsoft ExcelData analysisPower BIHealthcare quality improvementProject managementCritical thinkingWritten communicationTeam collaboration

Required

Expertise using advanced Microsoft Excel

Data management and analysis capabilities

Strong critical thinking skills

Project management skills

Written and oral communication skills

Work experience in data analysis, quality performance measurement, or research

Experience with advanced Microsoft Excel functionality (e.g., functions such as IF, IFS, AND, OR, XLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, COUNTIF, and SUMIF; nested functions; conditional formatting; Power Query; macros, etc.)

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in a relevant field, such as public health, public administration, public policy, sociology, social work, statistics, or research methods

Preferred

Knowledge of health care quality improvement, including health care quality metrics and common data sources used for health care quality performance monitoring and analysis

Work experience in a field related to health and human services

Experience with Microsoft Power Platform applications, especially Microsoft Power BI

Master's degree with course work in a field relevant to public health, public administration, public policy, sociology, social work, statistics, research methods, or another related field