The Medicaid Data Scientist will work with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) data, business, and IT teams to
develop advanced reports and conduct analysis of healthcare data, using standardized analytical methods and modern reporting tools.
Key Responsibilities:
-Provide technical expertise to further the development of reports as well as evaluate and recommend tools for data
reporting and analysis.
-Assist in the development of scalable, organization-wide dashboards and reporting.
-Utilize DOM claim and clinical data to perform advanced analysis to identify patterns, trends and insights using
advanced analytical tools and methods.
-Collaborate with DOM technical and non-technical teams to develop and document production of reports generated for
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other external entities.
-Identify possible gaps and recommend solutions for existing data and reporting/analytics solutions.
-Review reporting produced by external entities to ensure whether methods and presentation are sound, accurate, and
consistent with DOM expectations.
-Support data literacy initiatives to educate DOM users on availability of and potential use cases for DOM data.
-Participate and contribute data and analytics expertise in agency projects as needed.
-Identify and assist with evaluation of project opportunities, risks, and impact to other areas.
-Perform other duties as assigned.
Note:
- Applicants who do not meet all of the required skills/experience minimums may not be considered further.
- The awarded applicant will be required to execute a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with DOM.
- The awarded contract will be a three (3) year contract with options for renewals.
7 years working as a data scientist with Information Technology (IT) projects.
3 years' experience working with Medicaid programs to develop organizational data strategy and improve data quality
by reinforcing data integrity
3 years' experience with building and developing reports, including working with tools such as the R Project for
Statistical Computing, Microsoft Power BI, and other tools
3 years' experience working with technical and non-technical users of data
3 years' experience communicating, presenting, and teaching both technical and non-technical project members,
including in person, at meetings and discussions with project members, etc.
3 years experience managing workloads to meet critical timelines and deadlines for IT projects
3 years experience with Healthcare IT projects and healthcare data
3 years experience with Medicaid projects or Healthcare payer projects
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