Population Health Specialist jobs in Seattle, WA

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About the Role

Support CHPW’s Population Analytics team through analytics to improve the accuracy, effectiveness and value of population health and risk adjustment initiatives.  This role is integral in driving improved health outcomes and reducing overall healthcare costs.

To be successful in this role, you:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science or Economics, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and highly relevant experience.
• Have analytical and quantitative skills and experience, including experience with managing and modeling of large data sets.
• Have experience with Microsoft Office products such as Excel, SQL, SAS, or other analytical software.
• Are highly self-motivated, self-directed, and attentive to detail.
• Have two (2) to four (4) years of experience analyzing healthcare claims/encounter data preferred.

Essential functions and Roles and Responsibilities:

• Analyze, reconcile, and evaluate/interpret complex data from various sources, maintaining data consistency and integrity.
• Compile and automate loading of data sources from various programs and departments, providing support for data integrity and data validation.
• Performs in-depth analysis related to population health, cost, utilization, quality, and risk adjustment trends.
• Communicate data through visualizations, stories, and high-level summaries that offer actionable insights.
• Maintain ongoing quality control of delivered reports through self-review and peer review, ensuring reports have a high degree of credibility with all users.
• Proactively monitor trends to identify risks and opportunities across key revenue and expense categories.
• Complete ad hoc analyses to support internal and external customers.
• Design, develop, and implement analytics, reporting, dashboards, and trend analysis to support internal and external business customers.
• Presents analyses/reports in a clear and useful format and makes recommendations based on those analyses/reports to leadership/management and colleagues across the company.
• Supports or leads projects/initiatives that span departments and hold accountability for providing analytic support.
• Conducts routine and complex quantitative analyses and data validation using tools such as SQL, SAS, Excel, or other analytical software.
• Work with stakeholders and team to understand business questions and problems and to scope data and reporting requests. 
• Presents analyses/reports in clear and useful format to management and colleagues in other departments.
• Work independently with limited direction.
• Exhibit initiative in exploring and discovering opportunities to improve corporate performance through data analysis.
• Other duties as assigned. Essential functions listed are not necessarily exhaustive and may be revised by the employer, at its sole discretion.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Analytical skills and the ability to interpret, evaluate and formulate action plans based upon data.
• Ability to take full ownership of projects, meeting scheduled deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Display initiative in research beyond the specific assignment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational, time management, and project management skills.
• Ability to collaborate and work with a team.

As part of our hiring process, the following criteria must be met:

• Complete and successfully pass a criminal background check.

Criminal History: includes review of criminal convictions and probation. CHPW does not automatically or categorically exclude persons with a criminal background from employment. The applicant’s criminal history will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis considering the risk to the business, members, and/employees.

• Has not been sanctioned or excluded from participation in federal or state healthcare programs by a federal or state law enforcement, regulatory, or licensing agency.
• Vaccination requirement (CHPW offers a process for medical or religious exemptions)
• Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet these requirements are considered fully qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits:

The position is FLSA Exempt and are not eligible for overtime. Based on market data, this position grade is 68 and has a 10% annual incentive target based on company, department, and individual performance goals.

CHPW offers the following benefits for Full and Part-time employees and their dependents: 

•  Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
•  Telehealth app
•  Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts
•  Basic Life AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability
•  Voluntary Life, Critical Care, and Long-Term Care Insurance
•  401(k) Retirement and generous employer match
•  Employee Assistance Program and Mental Fitness app
•  Financial Coaching, Identity Theft Protection
•  Time off including PTO accrual starting at 17 days per year.
•  40 hours Community Service volunteer time
•  10 standard holidays, 2 floating holidays
•  Compassion time off, jury duty

Sensory/Physical/Mental Requirements:

Sensory*:

• Speaking, hearing, near vision, far vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, touch, smell, and balance.

Physical*:

• Extended periods of sitting, computer use, talking and possibly standing
• Simple grasp, firm grasp, fine manipulation, pinch, finger dexterity, supination/pronation, wrist flexion
• Frequent torso/back static position; occasional stooping, bending, and twisting.

Mental:

• Ability to learn and prioritize multiple tasks at a given time and have the capability of handling demanding situations. Analytical/problem solving/critical thinking ability.

Work Environment:

Office environment Employees who frequently work in front of computer monitors are at risk for environmental exposure to low-grade radiation.