Healthcare Data Analytics Specialist (Health Services Policy Specialist)

What You Will Do at ODM :

Office : Data & Integrated Systems

Bureau : Strategic & Performance Analytics

Classification : Health Services Policy Specialist (PN 20097961)

Job Overview :

The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) is seeking an experienced analytic professional to be part of our Clinical Analytics Team. This position is cross disciplinary and provides the right candidate with the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the development of new processes that inform the health care of three million Ohioans. As a MyCare Ohio Analytical Specialist, your responsibilities will include :

• Heavily involved in the monitoring and reporting related to the newly contracted next generation MyCare Ohio plans.
• Working on an interdisciplinary team on topics related to evaluation of care coordination and care management supports, health equity, health outcomes and quality improvement, and performance metric design.
• Participating on project teams to assist in the development of tools, metrics, dashboards, and models to aid policy decision-making.
• Responding to requests for data from internal and external stakeholders .
• Conducting literature reviews to identify and implement best practices in program oversight.
• Preparing reports related to state and federal requirements.
• Experience in quality improvement methods and performance metric design is preferred.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with relational databases and demonstrate experience with data analysis. They will be self-directed and enthusiastic about conducting research & analysis to enhance program evaluation and oversight.

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees

Qualifications

Completion of undergraduate core coursework & 12 mos. exp. in one of following : health services administration, mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, public administration, allied health sciences, nursing, economics, public health, or comparable field; 2 yrs. exp. in health services research & / or health policy analysis; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in research methodology, measurement & testing, analysis of variance & survey sampling; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in use of computer programs / applications with emphasis on relational data bases, use of computer hardware, software used for spreadsheets, statistical analysis, graphics presentation & word processing; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in multiple regression or multivariate analysis.

Job Skills : Data Analytics

Technical Skills : Health Administration, Data Modeling, Data Visualization

Professional Skills : Analyzation, Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Innovation