Jr. Researcher Analyst (51592)

Index Analytics, LLC, is a rapidly growing, Baltimore-based business providing health-related consulting services to the federal government. At the center of our company culture is a commitment to instilling a dynamic and employee-friendly place to work. We place a priority on promoting a supportive and collegial team environment and enhancing staff experience through career development and educational opportunities.

Position Overview

Index Analytics is seeking a Researcher/Analyst to support Government clients in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. Metro Area. The Researcher/Analyst creates value from data by using domain knowledge, statistical analysis, and programming to solve healthcare challenges.

Responsibilities

• Research best practices and support developing solutions and recommendations for building value added products and solutions enhancing the current business operations and policy for Medicaid and CHIP programs.
• Perform routine business analysis using various techniques (e.g. statistical analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, data mining), provide business data interpretation on Medicaid data sets to include claims, TAF, program oversight, scorecards, performance data and more.
• Work with internal or external clients to identify analytical requirements and produce ad hoc data and reports that visualize data using industry best practices for HCD and UX.
• Provide insights to improve health policy and outcomes through the combination of qualitative design research and exploratory data analysis.
• Under the guidance of senior research staff, analyze data sources for patterns and clusters to help further the analysis to develop features for CMS business needs.
• Work in an agile environment with a team of data analysts and scientists.
• Perform data analysis, prepare, and review highly complex reports.
• Develop technical documentation and deliverables (presentation slides, reports, draft manuscripts) with high quality and relevant viewpoints.
• Communicate findings to clients and scientific audiences, through both oral presentations; able to translate complex nuances to others.