Blue Shield Of California

Medical Informatics Analyst, Consultant- Utilization Management

Blue Shield Of California$90K — $120K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • SAS Certified Base Programmer and Advanced Programmer credentials required
  • Minimum 7 years of related experience
  • At least 5 years in Healthcare (managed care, academic, government payer)
  • 2+ years using dashboard/BI tools like Power BI or Tableau
  • Strong data modeling knowledge and SQL expertise necessary
  • Familiarity with Utilization Management, Financial, and/or Claims data preferred

Responsibilities

  • Conduct high complexity analyses independently
  • Develop analytical methods for delegation to lower-level analysts
  • Produce complex analyses under guidance from senior team members
  • Create documentation and workplans for complex analyses
  • Train and mentor team members on analysis best practices
  • Develop analytics reporting for clinical authorization and post-service reviews
  • Liaise with vendor partners to ensure data integrity and operational alignment
  • Build and maintain data models by integrating multiple data sources

Benefits

  • Hybrid workplace model with flexible in-office requirements
  • Opportunities for professional growth and training
  • Collaboration with a diverse and skilled analytics team
  • Exposure to high-level decision-making processes
  • Involvement in critical projects impacting healthcare costs and quality
Full Job Description
Job Description

Your Role

The Healthcare Quality Affordability (HQA) Analytics team plays a key role in discovering information hidden in vast amounts of data that can lead to smarter decisions and deliver better service for our customers and contain the rising cost of healthcare. The Medical Informatics, Consultant will report to the Manager of HQA Analytics. In this role you will be supporting Utilization Management Operations, with a strong emphasis on post-service analysis to assess cost of healthcare outcomes, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform decision-making. You will also lead the transformation of complex post service data into structured, high-quality datasets and actionable intelligence, enabling effective operational oversight and continuous performance optimization.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:
  • Conduct independent analysis of high complexity under minimal supervision and guidance
  • Develop analytical methods so that they may be subsequently delegated for production to Medical Informatics Analysts at lower levels
  • Produce analysis of high complexity under the guidance and direction of Medical Informatics Analyst V, supervisor or manager
  • Develop documentation and create and execute workplans for analyses of high complexity. Workplans may coordinate the activities of Medical Informatics Analysts at lower levels and may involve collaboration with more than one team
  • Provide training and mentoring for team members on best practices for analysis and reporting; assist in the development of supplemental analytic training tools and materials; conducts formal training sessions for lower level analysts and analysts in other Departments
  • Develop and maintain analytics reporting surrounding clinical authorization and post-service review, ensuring compliance with medical policies and regulatory requirements with institutions such as DMHC, CMS, NCQA, etc.
  • Serve as a key liaison with vendor partners to oversee clinical authorization and post-service processes, ensuring data integrity, operational alignment, and timely resolution of discrepancies within the data
  • Build and maintain robust data models for authorization data, integrating multiple data sources (e.g., UM, claims, vendor feeds) and ensuring alignment with business rules, data quality standards, and reporting requirements


Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Requires a college degree or equivalent experience
  • Requires SAS Certified Base Programmer Credential or equivalent and SAS Certified Advanced Programmer Credential or equivalent
  • Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience
  • Requires at least 5 years of experience in Health Care (managed care, academic, or gov't payer)
  • Requires at least 2 years in one or more dashboard/BI tools, such as Power BI or Tableau.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling concepts, and experience with SQL for data extraction, transformation, and validation. Familiarity with data transformation tools such as DBT and Power Query.
  • Experience with Utilization Management, Financial, and/or Claims data, with knowledge in prior authorization, retrospective authorization, and/or post-service review strongly preferred.


Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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About Blue Shield Of California

Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health plan provider that has been providing Californians with access to high-quality healthcare for over 80 years. The company offers a range of health insurance products and services to individuals, families, and employers. Blue Shield of California is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of its members and the communities it serves. The company is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
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Size
7,000 employees
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Founded
1981

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