Business Intelligence Analyst - MED

State of Idaho - Boise, ID

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Boise, ID

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Business Intelligence Analyst position at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare focuses on supporting data analytics within the Medicaid organization. The role involves analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, and designing reports to meet customer demands. The analyst will also contribute to the development and maintenance of the Division's Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence reporting tools, ensuring timely and accurate responses to various information requests.

Responsibilities

• Perform statistical analysis, interpret trends, develop conclusions, and summarize results.
• Develop reports using claims and transactional data available through department data warehouses with data extraction tools such as Business Objects Web Intelligence, Cognos, and SQL.
• Generate, compile, and submit reports as required.
• Review and confirm accuracy for all federal and state data reports within the Division of Medicaid.
• Communicate results of data extractions and internal analysis as needed.
• Develop and design data analytics that support value-based contracts, population health management, quality outcomes, and reducing costs.
• Perform multivariate statistical analysis and develop models for prediction and forecasting.
• Sustain methods for data quality and maintaining accuracy of the data warehouse.

Requirements

• Experience in modeling and trend analysis and simulation techniques, typically gained through at least two semesters of college-level statistics and two years of relevant practical experience, or three years of relevant experience.
• Experience planning, developing, and implementing complex research and statistical projects and presenting the results, typically gained through at least one year of work experience in this area.
• Experience using and interpreting output from a statistical analysis software package, typically gained through at least one year of experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience analyzing health data, typically gained through two semesters of college coursework or three years of related work experience.
• Experience working with relational databases and integrating data into a database, typically gained through two semesters of college coursework or three years of related work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in health care related, informatics, statistics or mathematics related disciplines or 5 years of direct experience in healthcare analytics.
• Experience working with Tableau to create visualizations/dashboards that effectively display key data trends.

Benefits

• 11 paid holidays
• Generous vacation and sick leave accrual
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• PERSI Choice 401(k)
• Deferred compensation plan
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Student Loan Forgiveness
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Wide variety of training opportunities