Quantitative Research Consultant, OptumServe Consulting/The Lewin Group - Remote

$70,200 - $137,800/Yr

UnitedHealth Group - Falls Church, VA

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Falls Church, VA

101-250 employees

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About the position

As a Quantitative Research Consultant at OptumServe Consulting (OSC)/The Lewin Group, you will engage in various research and analysis tasks to support consulting projects for a diverse range of clients, including federal and state governments, health plans, and hospitals. This role focuses on applying statistical methods to improve healthcare delivery and policy analysis, contributing to projects that enhance the effectiveness of healthcare systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to projects involving the application of statistical sampling.
• Investigate improper Medicare and Medicaid billing.
• Estimate fund recoupment associated with auditing programs.
• Predict improper billing for audit optimization.
• Summarize and analyze claims data and perform hypothesis testing.
• Perform data extractions and data cleaning.
• Produce analytic reports on statistical issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university and 2+ years of experience performing quantitative analysis, overseeing project tasks, and preparing presentations and reports for clients, or a Master's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Academic and/or work experience performing quantitative analysis.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience preparing presentations and reports.
• Proven solid oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated aptitude for interpreting data outputs and articulating findings.
• Experience using software for data analysis, such as SAS, Python, R, or Tableau.
• Proven solid interest in healthcare or public policy.
• Proven Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office-Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• Degree in mathematics, statistics, biostatistics, economics, computer science, data science, epidemiology, or other quantitative fields.
• Experience with data analyses, such as hypothesis testing, regression modeling, and data visualization.
• Experience working with large datasets.
• Experience working effectively as a member of a project team.
• Familiarity with medical claims data and/or medical auditing data.
• Healthcare or human services research experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution