Cw Healthcare Analytics Intern

We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with Blue Cross.
Please note that effective Jan. 4, 2022, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana implemented a policy requiring any employee who enters any of our offices or who interacts in person with anyone for company business purposes to be fully vaccinated for COVID 19, unless legally entitled to a reasonable accommodation related to religious or medical exemptions. At this time, that policy is suspended and vaccination is not required to enter our facilities. Please note this is subject to change at any point in time to ensure compliance with company policy or government mandates and certain client facing roles may have separate protocols.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
Job Duties:
This position provides analytics in understanding and improving how health care is valued, utilized and provided. This position will assist in developing analytic and predictive models that pertain to patient level health utilization/outcome, provider performance measures, risk-adjusted revenue optimization, medical cost management, and behavior attributes on patient/provider engagement. In collaboration with other business areas and IT, this position provides predictive and prescriptive analytics support through machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies.
Required Qualifications:

• Degree Program(s) / Current Status: Senior level undergraduate, recent graduate or graduate level student in a related field, preferably in health care administration, statistics, economics, mathematics, analytics, computer science, finance, accounting business or other quantitative/health care field.
• Previous internship experience is not required but preferred.
• Cumulative GPA: 3.0+ GPA preferred; minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA.

Other Qualifictions:

• Must have proficiency with commonly used database, spreadsheet, and word processing software (i.e. MS SQL Server, Teradata Studio, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word).
• Working knowledge in a common statistical analysis software package preferred (e.g. R, Python, SAS Base, SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Enterprise Miner). Working knowledge in data visualization software is preferred (e.g. Tableau, Power BI). Proficiency in programming language is preferred (e.g. Python, R, C, SAS).
• Knowledge of predictive analytics and/or statistical analysis
• Must demonstrate effective oral and written communication abilities.
• Basic knowledge of United States health care delivery system in payer setting or provider setting
• Must be able to think analytically and present ideas professionally.
• Self-motivated, adaptable to a changing work environment, and team-oriented.
• Reasonable proximity to ONE of our Louisiana office locations listed is required: Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport.

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In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, Blue Cross encourages the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.