Analyst, Medical Economics

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Position Summary
It’s an exciting time for our Medical Economics team at CVS Health. As a growing team in a Fortune 5 company, we can provide amazing benefits to our employees along with continuous career development. This includes flexible work location, a great work-life balance, and a competitive salary. You will also be able to flex your analytics and consultative skills to positively impact our patients’ health.

As a Medical Economics Analyst, you will provide consultative support and medical cost-based analysis of markets and network initiatives. You will be responsible for consulting with network and clinical management on opportunities to improve our company’s discount position and strategic cost and utilization initiatives and is essential to managing conflicting priorities and multiple projects. As part of the Medical Expense Review (MER) team, you will prepare for monthly presentations and manage both long and short-term projects, working collaboratively with local market leaders to accomplish tasks and goals that will improve the care we give our patients.

You will also:

• Analyze and research utilization and unit cost medical costs drivers
• Turn data into usable information by telling the story through data visualization
• Support the development of scoreable action items by identifying outlier cost issues
• Perform drill-down analysis to identify medical cost trend drivers; advise network of contracting opportunities to mitigate future trends
• Own, track, and document all aspects of related work from beginning to end of a project
• Work with Excel, MS-Access, Power BI, and Web-based query tools (data warehouse)

Required Qualifications

6+ months of experience in managed care and/or analytics of finance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the healthcare industry
• Experience with key managed care functions including provider contracting, benefit design, medical management as well as knowledge of business functions and impact on financials (underwriting, sales, product development, network management)
• Experience working with medical and pharmacy claims

Education

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits