Medicaid Data Scientist (51665)

Index Analytics, LLC, is a rapidly growing, Baltimore-based business providing health-related consulting services to the federal government. At the center of our company culture is a commitment to instilling a dynamic and employee-friendly place to work. We place a priority on promoting a supportive and collegial team environment and enhancing staff experience through career development and educational opportunities.

Position Overview

Index Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support Government clients in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. Metro Area. The Senior Data Scientist creates value from data by using domain knowledge, statistical analysis, and programming to solve healthcare challenges.

Responsibilities

· Formulate Research, support development of solutions and recommendations for building value added products and solutions enhancing the current business operations and policy for Medicaid and CHIP programs.

· Perform routine business analysis and independent research using various techniques (e.g. statistical analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, data mining), provide business data interpretation on Medicaid data sets to include beneficiary eligibility and enrollment, claims, expenditures, program oversight, scorecards, utilization metrics, performance data and more.

· Work with variety of Stakeholders to identify analytical requirements and produce ad hoc data and reports that visualize data using industry best practices for HCD and UX.

· Conduct qualitative design research and exploratory data analysis to recommend solutions to meet new policy initiatives and enhance overall program oversight and performance.

· Research and analyze data sources for trends, patterns and clusters to help further the analysis process to develop features for CMS business needs.

· Work in an agile environment with a team of data analysts and scientists.

· Perform data mining using state-of-the-art methods.

· Perform data analysis, prepare, and review highly complex reports.

· Develop technical documentation and deliverables (presentation slides, reports, draft manuscripts) with high quality and relevant viewpoints.

· Communicate findings to clients and scientific audiences, through both oral presentations; able to translate complex nuances to others.

· Build predictive models, data visualizations, and tools for analysis.