2024 Paid-Hpqm Analytic Internship - Remote

Job Details
Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare?
Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone?
Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community?
Do you want to have fun at work?
Then join the growing team at Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) that is transforming the delivery of healthcare in the United States!
HSAG Overview
Since our beginning in 1979, HSAG has been committed to improving the quality of healthcare services to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. HSAG is nationally recognized as an industry leader in the areas of healthcare policy, measure development, and health services research. We are in search of individuals who are interested in a future career in in health services researchin HSAG's Healthcare Policy and Quality Measurement (HPQM) Division. Together we can create positive change to make healthcare better.
Summary
Internship Program Overview
This analyst internship opportunity is available to master's- or doctoral-level students immediately post-graduation or during the last semester prior to graduation. The 3-6-month internship is paid, and each intern will acquire competencies in at least one of the following core areas:

• Learn about national healthcare quality reporting including how quality measures are created, tested, evaluated, and implemented into quality reporting programs.

• Assist with analytic tasks such as data validation, developing and implementing analytic plans, cross referencing data, and producing operational reports.

• Obtain knowledge of a wide range of data types including (but not limited to)
  • survey
  • medical claims and encounters
  • prescription drug claims
  • eligibility/beneficiary
  • demographic
  • clinical
  • electronic health record
  • registry
  • vital statistics
  • operational

• Gain experience using statistical programming packages (SAS, Python) and working with CMS databases.

Essential Competencies, Duties and Responsibilities
Interns will be oriented to the core competencies. Once assigned to an HSAG project, each intern will:

• Be assigned an HSAG mentor to serve as a day-to-day point of contact.
• Meet with the project team and begin participating in all project team meetings.
• Make presentations to project team and communicate project results to staff.
• Perform assignments and prepare work products that contribute to the overall project.

Examples of assignments include but are not limited to the following:

• Assist with production of data submission reports for CMS quality reporting programs.
• Review and update analytic plans based on requirements specific to the quality reporting program.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses as required and support drafting of results, reports, and briefing papers.
• Represent HSAG in a professional manner, at all times.

Compensation: $25.00/hour
Job Requirements:
Education and/or Experience
A recent graduate or graduate student pursing a master's or doctoral degree in a healthcare-related discipline such as public health, health informatics, health sciences, social science, business, economics, math, or statistics.
Other Qualifications

• Familiarity with SAS software for statistical programming
  If not experienced in SAS, must be willing to learn SAS during the internship to produce reports, conduct and interpret primary analyses, and/or conduct secondary and exploratory analyses
  The majority of HSAG's analytic work is performed using SAS.
• Proficient in identification, critical review, and synthesis of scientific and policy-related healthcare literature.
• Conceptualize and draft reports supported by tables, charts, and text.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
HSAG All User Information Security Responsibilities
All workforce members, volunteers, contractors or third-party agents of HSAG, Inc
who are authorized to access information systems and/or associated company data on paper or in electronic format are responsible for the following:

• Adhering to policies, procedures and guidelines pertaining to the protection of HSAG Company Data.

• Reporting actual or suspected breaches or vulnerabilities in the confidentiality, integrity or availability of HSAG Data to your immediate supervisor/manager, Corporate Compliance or Information Technology/Security Personnel.

• Reporting actual or suspected breaches or vulnerabilities in confidentiality, integrity or availability of Corporate Data, may be reported anonymously, via the NAVEX Global Compliance hotline at
  1-800-992-9892
  .

HSAG publishes various policies, guidelines and procedures related to the protection of Corporate Data and Information Systems
They can be found on the corporate SharePoint website
Information on requirements that may be unique to your business unit or a system you have access to can be found by talking to your supervisor/manager or designated system administrator.
Disclaimer
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the position
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, management reserves the right to revise the position or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs requiring non-regular work hours, or technological developments).
HSAG is an EEO Employer of Veterans protected under Section 4212.
If you have special needs and require assistance completing our employment application process, please feel free to contact us
EOE M/F/Veteran/Disability
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