Healthcare Data Analyst (Medicaid Finance & Policy)

Location: Remote within the United States; being located in Seattle or Chicago is a plus. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future immigration support or sponsorship.

Salary: $71,700–$131,905 overall; $82,455–$131,905 in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York City, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia; $71,700–$114,700 in all other locations.

Company

hirify.global provides consulting and analytical services in healthcare financing, risk management, regulatory compliance, data analytics, and business transformation.

What you will do

• Analyze healthcare claims, service trends, provider costs, and publicly available data for hospital, physician, nursing facility, behavioral health, and home and community-based services.
• Design, develop, and use data models, then review, evaluate, and summarize model outputs.
• Assist with Medicaid policy research and analysis.
• Draft technical documentation, client reports, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Review colleagues’ work as part of quality control processes.
• Initially provide analytical support without client-facing responsibilities, with potential opportunities to manage projects, work with clients, mentor or manage colleagues, or pursue a combination of these paths.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• At least 5 years of experience analyzing large datasets.
• Healthcare-related experience, specifically analyzing Medicaid claims.
• Experience using database management and statistical programming tools, including SAS, SQL, or Python.
• Ability to write or learn SAS code without point-and-click user interfaces.
• Interest and aptitude for detail-oriented analytical work, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to troubleshoot code, identify root causes, and resolve issues independently.
• Ability to communicate technical information and concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing, and to conduct and summarize research.
• Advanced Excel skills for data analysis, including formulas or tools such as SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH combinations, nested IF statements, and macro use or development up to full VBA coding. Data visualization, such as creating PivotTables, is not a significant part of the role.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without immigration support or sponsorship from hirify.global now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Experience with SQL, Python, and/or Databricks.
• Experience providing consulting services to state Medicaid or other health and human services agencies, or to public or private healthcare-related entities.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement with comprehensive employee benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) matching and profit-sharing contributions, discretionary bonuses, and flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off accruing from the first day, at least 10 observed holidays annually, and up to 11 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees.
• Family-building benefits, employee assistance support, skills training, career development, learning, mentoring, and employee resource groups.