Mount Sinai Health System · 12 hours ago
Data Science Analyst I-Geriatric and Palliative Care
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, and they are seeking a Data Science Analyst I to collaborate with stakeholders to develop analytics and BI solutions. The role involves data analysis, reporting, and supporting various stakeholder groups to improve healthcare outcomes and performance metrics.
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Responsibilities
Analyzes data requests using information technology, enrollment, claims, pharmacy, clinical, contract, medical management, financial, administrative and other corporate data from both modeled and disparate internal and external sources
Works with departmental staff to identify requirements for reporting and / or business intelligence tools
Identifies necessary data, data sources and methodologies
Collects, organizes, integrates, analyzes and interprets data
Leverages advanced statistical analysis methods to create insightful recommendations and conclusions that may be communicated to the stakeholder
Identifies and addresses expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions. Works to improve data quality where possible within created analytical models. Feeds data quality issues back to IT or identified data stewards to facilitate creation of high quality metrics
Develops and may present reports, analyses and findings to senior management and others as scheduled or requested
Responsible for one or more of the following stakeholder groups: Contracting and Commercialization May assist in the modeling and forecasting contract scenarios, measuring ongoing performance and identify trends in performance to inform our clinical or contracting staff to improve contract outcomes
Care Management Helps to identify, understand and prioritize at-risk members in need of care management. Helps stratify our membership to optimally use resources to focus on the patients most in need, currently or in the future
Medical Directors Helps to identify utilization trends and variations across the different categories of health care services to assist the Medical Directors to focus their efforts to maximize contract performance and clinical effectiveness
Quality and Documentation Helps to link payer quality and documentation opportunities into operational analytic processes to maximize our quality scores, top line revenue and optimize the use of resources in concert with MS Health System contracts
Acts as liaison/analyst for internal stakeholders, understands their needs and translates them into reporting and analytic solutions
Effectively communicates with stakeholders and customers and ensures all requests are properly triaged, recorded and tracked
Adheres to corporate standards for performance metrics, data collection, data integrity, query design, and reporting format to ensure high quality, meaningful analytic output
Helps identify and understand data from internal and external sources for competitive, scenario and performance analyses, and financial modeling to gain member/provider insight into new and existing processes and business opportunities
Works closely with IT on the ongoing improvement of Mount Sinais integrated data warehouse, driven by strategic and business needs, and designed to ensure data and reporting consistency throughout the organization
Develops and maintains project work plans, including critical tasks, milestones, timelines, interdependencies and contingencies. Tracks and reports progress. Keeps stakeholders apprised of project status and implications for completion
Provides technical support to data analytics functions as they relate to varied business units, and technical expertise on the selection, development and implementation of various reporting and BI tools tied to business unit reporting requirements. Creates new BI reports and interactive dashboards as required
Prepares clear, well-organized project-specific documentation, including, at a minimum, analytic methods used, key decision points and caveats, with sufficient detail to support comprehension and replication
Ensures customers are adequately trained to use self-service BI tools and dashboards
Assists and may teach others within the organization on how to a) define meaningful process and performance measures, b) develop BI queries, and c) generate and use management reports effectively
Shares development and process knowledge with other analysts in order to assure redundancy and continuously builds a core of analytical strength within the organization
Demonstrates proficiency with the principles and methodologies of process improvement. Applies these in the execution of responsibilities in support of a process focused approach
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
BA or BS degree minimum, in a relevant field of study
2 years minimum is preferred in analytics development expertise, preferably in health care, or for a health provider, health plan or accountable care organization
Working knowledge of a health care EMR such as Epic/Clarity, aCW, etc.; a payor claims system such as Facets, Amisys, etc.; or a hospital/provider system such as IDX, Soarian, etc
Knowledge of the New York State Medicaid and CMS Medicare regulations and related reporting requirements, such as STARS, QARR, MMCOR, MEDS, RAPS and HEDIS
Experience working in a health plan or consulting actuarial, financial reporting or medical economics departments
Experience working in healthcare provider analytics related to revenue modeling, managed care contracting, population management, case management, clinical or financial decision report
Preferred
Masters degree
Experience as a nurse informaticist
PhD, MD or DO program may be substituted for experience
Company
Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System delivers integrated medical care, research, and medical education through its network.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$41.9MKey Investors
National Institutes of HealthHearst Health Prize.Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
2024-11-11Grant· $7M
2024-06-06Grant· $0.1M
2023-11-02Grant· $7M
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