Data Analyst - Technical - Senior

Location

Key Bank Tower

Job Description

Employer: IHC Health Services, Inc. (dba Intermountain Health)

Job Title: Data Analyst - Technical - Senior

Education and Experience Requirements

Option 1:

Degree Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent foreign education

Academic Discipline(s): Management Information Systems, Analytics, Statistics, Health Informatics, or a closely related field

Experience Required: 5 years of post-degree progressive experience in healthcare data analytics

OR

Option 2:

Degree Required: Master's degree or equivalent foreign education

Academic Discipline(s): Management Information Systems, Analytics, Statistics, Health Informatics, or a closely related field

Experience Required: 2 years of experience in healthcare data analytics

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive analytics for national quality programs including HEDIS and Stars, overseeing the full lifecycle from technical specification translation, data validation, and rate calculation across both VBC and FFS populations.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of HEDIS/Stars measures' technical specifications, served as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert in Quality Data for providers and operational leaders within the company.
• Drive strategy and performance improvement for Value-Based Care models, developing reporting logic and incentive tracking for payment programs. Provided analytical insights that directly influenced care model design and provider engagement.
• Support executive-level payer negotiations by delivering customized analytics for Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial contracts. Provided data driven intelligence to organization leadership on program performance, risk adjustment, and contract optimization.
• Lead KPI and performance metric reporting at the enterprise level, with audiences ranging from clinicians to executive stakeholders.
• Support the integration and use of supplemental clinical data to enhance quality measures reporting, validate performance gaps, and increase data accuracy in alignment with HEDIS specifications and health plan requirements.
• Support EMR data migration analytics during the transition from iCentra to Epic, ensuring the continuity of quality measure reporting, validating clinical data integrity, and guiding documentation alignment for post-go-live success.
• Partner with data architecture teams to implement next-generation analytics platforms, including quality measure migration to Snowflake. Conducted QA and validation across systems to ensure functionality replication and metric continuity.
• Develop and maintain robust SQL-based data pipelines across multi-environment platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, Redshift). Supplement SQL development with R scripts for predictive modeling, data automation, and statistical analysis.
• Create predictive models to support monthly benchmark tracking and monitor KPI over time, enabling proactive intervention and performance optimization.
• Lead cross-team data reconciliation projects, coordinating with third-party vendors, payer entities, and internal data engineers to identify and resolve data discrepancies, ensuring consistency and accuracy in claims and quality reporting.
• Contribute to data governance, documentation, and quality assurance practices to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Mentor junior analysts and lead peer review processes to enforce data quality standards and version control using Git-based tools like Bitbucket.

Work Location and Schedule

This is a hybrid position requiring three days per week in-office. Position may telecommute within reasonable commuting distance of Salt Lake City, UT.

Work Location: 36 S State Street, Suite 2200, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Hours of Work: Usually 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of healthcare data analytics within a major healthcare delivery organization, including managed care settings.
• Knowledge of conducting end-to-end analysis of HEDIS quality measures, including rate tracking, analytical support and intervention performance evaluation.
• Knowledge of applying data analytics in support of Value-Based Care incentive programs, including familiarity with payment structures, attribution methodology, and payer contract performance.
• Knowledge of EMR systems including iCentra PowerChart.
• Knowledge of supporting healthcare data analytics across multiple payer programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and Commercial health plans.
• Knowledge of complex SQL querying to support enterprise-level data operations and analytics using Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and Amazon Redshift.
• Knowledge of programming in Python and R.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools including Tableau.
• Knowledge of clinical coding systems including ICD-9/10, CPT, LOINC, HCPCS, and NDC.
• Knowledge of quality assurance processes and collaborative analytics development using Git-based tools.

Additional Information

Applicants will undergo a SQL proficiency test and need to score 65% or higher. Upon hire, all applicants will be subject to drug testing/screening and background checks.

Compensation

Annual Salary: $151,819.00 - $161,819.00

Hourly Range: $43.92 - $69.16

Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

Work Location Details

City: Salt Lake City

State: Utah