Data Science Analyst II - Mount Sinai Health Partners

Company: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Location: New York
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Strength Through Diversity Ground breaking science.Advancing medicine.Healing made personal. Job Title: Data Science Analyst II - Mount Sinai Health Partners Background Mount Sinai is one of the largest non-profit health systems in the U.S. with a strong reputation for quality of care (18th ranked academic medical center) and research/education (22nd ranked medical school). Our health system has -40,000 employees working together to provide billions of dollars in high-quality care for millions of patients each year. We are accelerating a transition to a business model focused on population health management - our goal is to keep entire communities healthy and out of the hospital. Mount Sinai Health Partners (MSHP) is the team driving this transformation within Mount Sinai. The team includes 400+ employees with clinical, contracting, finance, IT, analytics, operations, and product development expertise. MSHP is a fast growing business unit within Mount Sinai and is looking for team members who:

• Are comfortable "playing up" and "playing down" as needed to accomplish business objectives
• Work productively amidst ambiguity
• Thrive in fast-paced work environments
• Seek to improve the status quo Within MSHP, the Clinical Pharmacy Operations Department is responsible for medication management quality, cost, utilization and clinical stewardship activities at both the practice and program level. They work closely with the MSHP Quality and Efficiency Team. Role Summary The Data Science Analyst II collaborates with stakeholders from across the organization to develop sophisticated analytics to provide information, insights and BI (Business Intelligence) solutions that contribute to sound strategic planning, decision-making, goal setting, and effective performance measurement. The Data Science Analyst II demonstrates sound and a more advanced understanding of the healthcare domain, technical data manipulation and analytic development skills and impact the patient community of the Mount Sinai Health System Responsibilities
  • Analyzes data requests using information technology, enrollment, claims, pharmacy, clinical, contract, medical management, financial, administrative and other corporate data from both modeled and disparate internal and external sources.
    • Works with departmental staff to identify requirements for reporting and / or business intelligence tools.
    • Identifies necessary data, data sources and methodologies.
    • Collects, organizes, integrates, analyzes and interprets data.
    • Leverages advanced statistical analysis methods to create insightful recommendations and conclusions that may be communicated to the stakeholder.
    • Identifies and addresses expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions. Works to improve data quality where possible within created analytical models. Feeds data quality issues back to IT or identified data stewards to facilitate creation of high quality metrics.
    • Develops and may present reports, analyses and findings to senior management and others as scheduled or requested.
    • Responsible for one or more of the following stakeholder groups:
    • Contracting and Commercialization - May assist in the modeling and forecasting contract scenarios, measuring ongoing performance and identify trends in performance to inform our clinical or contracting staff to improve contract outcomes.
    • Care Management - Helps to identify, understand and prioritize at-risk members in need of care management. Helps stratify our membership to optimally use resources to focus on the patients most in need, currently or in the future.
    • Medical Directors - Helps to identify utilization trends and variations across the different categories of health care services to assist the Medical Directors to focus their efforts to maximize contract performance and clinical effectiveness.
    • Quality and Documentation - Helps to link payer quality and documentation opportunities into operational analytic processes to maximize our quality scores, top line revenue and optimize the use of resources in concert with MS Health System contracts.
    • I.T. / High Performance Computing in any ongoing projects.
      • Takes a proactive role as liaison/analyst for internal stakeholders, understands their needs and translates them into reporting and analytic solutions.
      • Effectively communicates with stakeholders and customers and ensures all requests are properly triaged, recorded and tracked.
      • Adheres to corporate standards for performance metrics, data collection, data integrity, query design, and reporting format to ensure high quality, meaningful analytic output.
      • Helps identify and understand data from internal and external sources for competitive, scenario and performance analyses, and financial modeling to gain member/provider insight into new and existing processes and business opportunities.
      • Works closely with IT on the ongoing improvement of Mount Sinai's integrated data warehouse, driven by strategic and business needs, and designed to ensure data and reporting consistency throughout the organization.
      • Develops and maintains project work plans, including critical tasks, milestones, timelines, interdependencies and contingencies. Tracks and reports progress. Keeps stakeholders apprised of project status and implications for completion.
      • Provides technical support to data analytics functions as they relate to varied business units, and technical expertise on the selection, development and implementation of various reporting and BI tools tied to business unit reporting requirements. Creates new BI reports and interactive dashboards as required.
      • Prepares clear, well-organized project-specific documentation, including, at a minimum, analytic methods used, key decision points and caveats, with sufficient detail to support comprehension and replication.
      • Ensures customers are adequately trained to use self-service BI tools and dashboards.
      • Mentors level I Analysts, and teaches others within the organization on how to a) define meaningful process and performance measures, b) develop BI queries, and c) generate and use management reports effectively.
      • Shares development and process knowledge with other analysts in order to assure redundancy and continuously builds a core of analytical strength within the organization.
      • Demonstrates advanced level proficiency with the principles and methodologies of process improvement. Applies these in the execution of responsibilities in support of a process focused approach.
      • Other duties as assigned Qualifications Education and Experience
        • BA or BS degree minimum, in a relevant field of study; Masters degree preferred.
        • 5 years minimum in analytics development expertise, preferably in health care, or for a health provider, health plan or accountable care organization with working knowledge including either:
          • A health care EMR such as Epic/Clarity, aCW, etc.; a payor claims system such as Facets, Amisys, etc.; or a hospital/provider system such as IDX, Soarian, etc. Additional Skills and Qualities
            • Knowledge of the New York State Medicaid and CMS Medicare regulations and related reporting requirements, such as STARS,QARR, MMCOR, MEDS, RAPS and HEDIS is a strong plus.
            • Experience working in a health plan or consulting actuarial, financial reporting or medical economics departments highly valuable.
            • Experience as a nurse informaticist highly valuable.
            • Experience working in healthcare provider analytics related to revenue modeling, managed care contracting, population management, case management, clinical or financial decision report
            • PhD, MD or DO program may be substituted for three years of experience. Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
              • Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
              • Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
              • Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history! Who We Are Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve. Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke's, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status. EOE including Veterans and Disabled Compensation
                The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.
                The salary range for the role is $87,692.00 - $131,538.00 Annually.
                Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need.
                The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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