Milliman’s Tampa Health Practice is seeking a Data Scientist that is excited to join their vibrant, dynamic and growing practice. This position will have the opportunity to work in a wide variety of areas within the healthcare industry while working alongside some of the leading experts in the field. Successful candidates will have the potential to become project/client leaders and become recognized as expert senior consultants.
Primary roles
- Hands on advanced data analytics and project management
- Apply innovative techniques to large claims datasets to analyze a wide array of healthcare-related topics
- Investigate discrepancies between medical concepts and their manifestation in claims datasets
- Provide methodological and technical support for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) projects
- Contribute to hypothesis development for quasi-experimental designs
- Assist junior colleagues with the development of their programming and analytic skills
- Role in client management that will increase over time
Who We Are
- Independent for over 70 years, Milliman delivers market-leading services and solutions to clients worldwide. Today, we are helping companies take on some of the world’s most critical and complex issues, including retirement funding and healthcare financing, risk management and regulatory compliance, data analytics, and business transformation.
- Through a team of professionals ranging from actuaries to clinicians, technology specialists to plan administrators, we offer unparalleled expertise in employee benefits, investment consulting, healthcare, life insurance, financial services, and property and casualty insurance.
The Team
- Milliman is one of the leading experts in healthcare financing and delivery. We advise clients on a wide range of issues-from assessing the impact of healthcare reform on organizations or populations to streamlining operations while advancing the quality of patient care. Our consulting work is supported by a powerful toolkit of data analytics solutions and informed by the most trusted, comprehensive set of cost guidelines in the industry.
Qualifications:
- Required:
- At least five years of experience analyzing very large medical insurance claims via direct use of coding language (e.g. SQL, SAS)
- Understanding of medical coding systems (CPT, ICD-9, DRG, etc.)
- Knack for prioritizing and completing multiple projects and tasks
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Experience or knowledge of the healthcare industry and payer systems
- Experience in supporting peer reviewed research publications
- Advanced knowledge of biostatistics
- Preferred:
- Experience in insurance, finance, or outcomes research
- Experience scrubbing large, non-standardized claims datasets
- Experience with MarketScan and/or Medicare (or similar) databases
- Experience with complex Excel models
- Experience with authoring peer reviewed research papers
- MPH, MS, PhD, FSA, ASA or similar background
Compensation
The salary range for this role is $105,000 to $175,000, depending on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to, education, relevant work experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, location, etc.
Location
This role is based out of the Milliman office in Tampa, FL. but candidates hired into this role may work remotely anywhere in the US.
Milliman Benefits
We offer competitive benefits which include the following based on plan eligibility:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, including domestic partners
- A 401(k) plan with matching program, and profit sharing contribution
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A discretionary bonus program
- Paid Time Off (PTO) starts accruing on the first day of work and can be used for any reason; full-time employees will accrue
- 15 days of PTO per year, and employees working less than a full-time schedule will accrue PTO at a prorated amount based on hours worked
- Family building benefits, including adoption and fertility assistance and paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for employees who have worked for Milliman for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding 12-month period
- A minimum of 8 paid holidays
- Milliman covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, AD&D, and both short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for dependent care, transportation, and applicable medical needs
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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