Overview
At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people - the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000+ professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization.
As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient-centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals. Our work spans a broad spectrum of services, all designed to support physicians, health systems and employers in delivering efficient, value-based care to patients without compromising quality or autonomy.
What sets SCA Health apart isn't just what we do, it's how we do it. Each decision we make is rooted in seven core values:
Our values aren't empty words - they inform our attitudes, actions and culture. At SCA Health, your work directly impacts patients, physicians and communities. Here, you'll find opportunities to build your career alongside a team that values your expertise, invests in your success, and shares a common mission to care for patients, serve physicians and improve health care in America.
At SCA Health, we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, well-being, and financial future. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k plan with company match, paid time off, life and disability insurance, and more. Please visit, https://careers.sca.health/why-sca, to learn more about our benefits.
Your ideas should inspire change. If you join our team, they will.
Responsibilities
SCA Health is currently seeking a Data & Analytics Director with healthcare claims and data analytics experience to support our Health Innovation Value Enterprise (HiVE) Team. The HiVE is the evolution of SCAH's specialist partnership vision that aims to realize a sustainable value-based care solution. Through joint venture partnerships, the HiVE creates risk bearing entities driven by a global risk, specialty focused payment model.
We are seeking a candidate who is excited to take a thoughtful approach to examine and organize complex datasets into meaningful output. Moreover, we are seeking an analyst with an investigative mindset to explore nuances of the data and use data to drive strategy and decisions through report preparation and analysis. This position will report to the Senior Director of Strategic Analytics.
This position will be remote.
Responsibilities:
Provide data support in the development and performance of specialty focused innovative strategies and risk-based arrangements
Evaluate, organize & analyze large claims data sets to perform studies on pricing, utilization, and health care costs for a broad range of specialty healthcare services
Develop scalable processes and best practices to ensure consistent and accurate methodologies and approaches when analyzing large data sets
Interpret, compile, and disseminate results of analyses with appropriate conclusions and recommendations to assist in team decision making and strategic direction
Support cross-functional team members with development, implementation, and maintenance of risk-based opportunity and performance reporting
Retrieve, organize, and manipulate data from internal Enterprise Data Warehouse
Understand and become an expert on the structure and intricacies of incoming data from external sources
Collaborate with other SCAH and Optum business units to enhance and process data as needed
Present ideas and participate in meetings - Actively seek new opportunities to contribute
Mentor junior analysts and review deliverables as needed
Uphold and practice the principles and policies of the SCA Compliance program
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field
5+ years analytical experience, or 3+ years analytical experience in a Healthcare/Managed Care environment required (i.e. understanding of costs, expected claims, diagnosis codes, procedure codes)
Experience in hospital, health plan, risk-based care delivery organizations or physician claims analytics preferred
Experience with managed care contract terms
Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional partners and presenting analytical findings to non-analytical audiences and stakeholders
Proven intellectual curiosity and drive to serve teammates and partners
Superior analytical and critical thinking skills with exceptional attention to detail
Ability to travel 5-10% of the time to team, partner, and health plan meetings
Advanced proficiency in MS Excel
MS SQL Server (Strong command over T-SQL) required
Proficiency with Tableau Desktop, or similar visual analytics platform preferred
USD $125,000.00/Yr. USD $150,000.00/Yr.
Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) partners with leading physicians, hospitals and health systems to develop and implement surgical services strategies across the country. With approximately 5,000 teammates, SCA operates more than 185 surgical facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals, and hospital surgery departments, in partnership with approximately 2,000 physicians and in affiliation with 45+ health systems.
At SCA, we put Clinical First. Our mission is to care for our patients, serve our physicians and improve healthcare in America by offering clinical systems, service line growth strategies, benchmarking processes, and efficiency programs that create measurable advantage for surgical facilities—clinically, operationally and financially.
An industry leader, SCA recently created industry-wide clinical outcomes reporting procedures, using metrics endorsed by the National Quality Forum. All SCA facilities pursue accreditation through The Joint Commission (TJC), the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC) or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
Our facilities focus on short-term care and primarily provide non-emergency surgical procedures in many specialties, including orthopaedics, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, pain management, and otolaryngology, among others. Our facilities provide physicians with the logistics and support staff necessary to perform these procedures.
SCA is deeply committed to our core values of clinical quality, integrity, service excellence, teamwork, accountability and continuous improvement.