Director, Strategic Analytics

DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC ANALYTICS

The mission of the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA) is to serve Maryland’s hospitals and health systems through collective action to shape policies, practices, financing, and performance to advance health care and the health of all Marylanders. MHA advocates for members and their constituents – caregivers, patients, and communities – before state legislative and regulatory bodies. MHA also aids member organizations in their shared efforts – both within the field and in concert with other stakeholders in the private and public sectors – to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care services.

The Association is seeking a Director, Strategic Analytics to join our team in Elkridge, MD. Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Analytics, the Director will:

• Conceptualize data analyses and visualizations to identify trends, opportunities, and anticipate impact of federal payment policy changes.
• Design and develop new data visualizations, dashboards, and other analytical tools to better analyze and comprehend health care data for advocacy, policy development and performance improvement.
• Analyze performance and identify opportunities to reduce the total cost of health care in Maryland working with Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) data and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) claims. Translate into compelling data visualizations for advocacy purposes.
• Design and develop the replication of HSCRC financial and quality policy models and a process to share policy performance results with hospitals on a more concurrent basis so that they can monitor and influence their performance. Use data visualization to translate complex policies for stakeholder engagement.
• Use and expand upon current health equity & SDOH stratified financial and quality data to identify disparities and fieldwide opportunities for improvement in health equity related initiatives.
• Support collaboration efforts with CRISP to maximize Maryland data efficiencies.
• Support the development of white papers and trend watch

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in health sciences, health care administration, or quantitative field or equivalent work experience; master’s degree preferred.
• Experience working with health care claims, operations, and clinical quality data required. HSCRC data experience preferred.
• Seven to ten years of work experience
• Experience with business intelligence & data visualization applications (Ex. Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Ability to work with risk adjustment methodologies, grouping methods and common statistical approaches.
• Outstanding research, oral, and written communication skills required with the ability to interact with multiple internal and external audiences.
• High attention to detail and ability to track and maintain deadlines required.
• Exposure to programming languages/algorithms preferred.
• Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid policy innovations in practice is a plus.
• Knowledge of Maryland’s total cost of care model is a plus.

The Maryland Hospital Association offers our employees a low-cost, comprehensive benefits package, tuition reimbursement, a 401(k) with employer matching contributions, and more.

MHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability. Visit us online at www.mhaonline.org to find out more about our organization.

Visit us online at www.mhaonline.org to find out more about our organization.

Please send resume with cover letter and salary requirements to [email protected].

Maryland Hospital Association