Healthcare Data Scientist Contract

We are seeking a highly skilled and mission-driven Healthcare Data Scientist with deep domain expertise in managed care analytics and primary care operations. This individual will play a critical role in partnering with our Health Services team to surface insights, guide strategic decisions, and drive population health initiatives using advanced analytics.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate closely with clinical and operational leaders to understand visit volume, patient access, supply/demand dynamics, and value-based care performance across our primary care clinics.
• Analyze and deconstruct key performance indicators (KPIs), including cost per 80k, specialty cost per member per month (PMPM), and others-down to the patient level.
• Work across multiple data platforms and tools to help regional managers and clinic leaders prioritize actions across a variety of performance metrics.
• Build and optimize models and analytical frameworks that inform clinical workflows and population health strategies.
• Consolidate and enhance existing reporting by applying sophisticated data science techniques to broader data sets.
• Serve as a thought partner to business stakeholders-translating analytical findings into actionable strategies.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong background in healthcare analytics, particularly within managed care, value-based care, and primary care delivery models.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python; experience with other statistical platforms (e.g., R, SAS) is a plus.
• Familiarity with tools such as Tableau is expected, but this is not a developer role-we're looking for someone who can derive insights from data, not just build dashboards.
• Experience working with large healthcare data sets and decomposing KPIs into operational insights.
• Ability to synthesize data from multiple systems and sources to answer complex clinical and business questions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical analysis into practical recommendations for clinical and operational leaders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher in Data Science, Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Economics, or a related field.
• Experience supporting population health, care coordination, or clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Prior work in a value-based care environment or within a healthcare delivery organization.

To learn more about this and other positions, contact Jessica Plemmons at or . Healthcare IT Leaders is a national leader in IT workforce solutions, connecting healthcare provider, payer and life sciences organizations with experienced technology talent for consulting and full-time hiring. For more information, visit us on the web at .

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