IT Healthcare Consultant - Business Analyst - Advanced

 IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This position requires the candidate to be engaged exclusively on Maxpath Technologies’ W-2 payroll. Engagements via 1099 or third-party/sub-vendor arrangements are not accepted.

**** Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense. ****

Recruiters: Strictly W-2 only. We will not consider C2C or third-party submissions.

• Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online
• Duration of the Contract: 12 months
• Possibility for Extension: Yes
• Work Location: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote).
• Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as a liaison between the business programs and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
• Develops, retrieves, and distributes reports and datasets to multiple internal and external stakeholders for purposes of monitoring, reconciliation, and operational processing.
• Performs operational support activities for the legacy MMIS and subsystems. Receives and responds to requests and inquiries from business stakeholders.
• Monitors vendor requests and coordinates between business and technical staff.
• Identifies trending issues and escalates to program management as needed.
• Translates business requests and needs into system requirements and technical requests.
• Serves as a subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures.
• Supports, monitors, and coordinates the Data Match process whereby providers can request eligibility information for recipients for periods outside of those available in the standard eligibility verification interfaces/tools.
• Documents and performs user acceptance testing for MMIS changes as assigned.
• Reviews and verifies QA and UA results as assigned. Documents issues and defects for triage and resolution.
• Identifies and completes appropriate and relevant professional development activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Documenting and analyzing agency business processes and recommending improvements.
• Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
• Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e. vendors, State and Federagovernment agencies, State providers, and other stakeholders).
• Other project-related duties.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 1+ years of experience supporting MMIS Legacy system projects as a business analyst or related duties. (Understanding capabilities and intricacies of MMIS.)
• 1+ years of experience working with Medicaid claims and provider operations concepts.
• 1+ years of experience working with a Medicaid eligibility and/or enrollment information system in an operations capacity.
• Proficient in Office Suite, Jira, Footprints, and SharePoint.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• • Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to MMIS Operations.
• • Proficient in data analysis tools and techniques, such as SAS, Excel, data visualization tools, and statistical analysis software.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field.
• 4+ years of experience in business/systems analysis and/or computer systems development/modification may be substituted.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

• Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to relay moderately complex technical instructions and requests.
• Experience working in a cross- functional team environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members, technical team, key stakeholders, and vendors.
• Experience providing status reports and other technical or operational reports in a clear and concise manner.