Optum · 1 day ago
Senior Business Analyst, Population Health - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$73K/yr - $130K/yr
3+ years expOptum is a premier healthcare delivery organization committed to improving patient outcomes and healthcare affordability. The Sr. Business Analyst will support Population Health rollouts and implementations, acting as a bridge between Population Health, regional teams, and IT teams, focusing on data integration, workflow optimization, and advanced analytics.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the liaison between Population Health and the regional clinical teams/clinic coordinators for workflows and work queues within the CRM tool including but not limited to escalating data related issues, sharing best practices and optimizing clinic workflows
Translate population health and clinical quality requirements into workflows, documentation templates and reporting structures
Partner with regional operations and clinical informatics teams to ensure consistent implementation and adoption
Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT), training preparation, communications, and go-live support across regions and clinic sites
Facilitate regular communications and working sessions to gather requirements, share updates, and coordinate deployment activities
Design and execute SQL queries to extract, transform, and analyze data from Claims, Encounters, Cozeva, and other data sources to support reporting and decision making
Develop and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, enabling stakeholders to monitor performance metrics, quality measures, and operational KPIs
Collaborate with data engineering and IT teams to support ETL processes and data pipeline monitoring for bi-directional data flows between databases and systems
Ensure feedback loops are in place to inform both EHR and quality platform improvements
Participate in data governance initiatives, focusing on data quality, integrity and stewardship across systems
Support quality measure validation, gap analysis, metric tracking across population health programs including risk adjustment and Quality Improvement (i.e., STAR/HEDIS)
Develop and maintain documentation around business rules, data flow diagrams, data lineage and reporting requirements
Support data integration efforts and the end-to-end data flow between platforms to ensure the timely flow of bi-directional data feeds to impact quality metrics
Escalate any issues to leadership as it relates to data discrepancies as part of the data governance and tracking process
Monitor data feeds and dashboards including but not limited to pharmacy, lab, claims data for data completeness, accuracy and timelines
Work in collaboration with the CEQ National data governance team to standardize metric definitions, data sources and reporting conventions
Support end-users with training and documentation related to Cozeva reporting tools and dashboards
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience in a business analyst, data analyst, or Health IT support role
Familiarity with clinical workflows and population health concepts
Proven ability to translate data into actionable insights
Demonstrated expertise in data analysis and visualization
Advanced Microsoft Excel (advanced functions, pivot tables, Power Query)
Proficiency with SQL (SSMS, data extraction, transformation, report creation, and querying across large datasets)
Ability work standard hours in PST time zone
Ability to travel up to 20%
Preferred
Tableau and/or Power BI (dashboard creation, data storytelling, and performance monitoring)
Experience supporting or implementing Epic EHR modules (Healthy Planet, Health maintenance or smartform)
Experience with Cozeva or similar quality measurement platforms
Experience with a scripting language (python)
Knowledge of quality reporting standards (e.g., HEDIS, STARs, CMS Quality programs)
Project management or process improvement certification (e.g., PMP, Lean six sigma)
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
Optum
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.
10001+ employees
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