SAS Programmer with Medicaid

Title: SAS Programmer with Medicaid

Location: Remote

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

Interview Type: Webcam Interview Only *** Very long term project initial PO for 1 year, expect to go for 4+ years *** *** Remote ***

Lead SAS Programmer to perform work related to the enhancements of the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System as per the Federal mandate to support the Medicaid Reform.

Job Description:

NC Dept of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a Lead SAS Programmer to perform work related to the enhancements of data extracts for the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System as per the Federal mandate to support the Medicaid Reform Project.

This position is responsible for quality assurance of data and interaction with division/federal staff, vendors and stakeholders to resolve data quality issues and manage all data extracts based on the policies and standards.

This position is also responsible for analyzing and data mapping utilizing data and information from data warehouse, Medicaid claims processing system (MMIS Claims, Eligibility, provider etc, Encounter Processing system(PHP Encounters), PBM (RX Claims) .

Future opportunities for this position include the development of Tableau Dashboards, Job scheduling, building/maintaining parameterized SAS Stored Processes, and providing SAS programming training/support to the DHHS staff and staff of other State agencies.

Required Skills:

Should have the capability to translate business requirements into technical solutions 5 Years

Demonstrated proficiency working with databases Oracle (11),MS Sql server etc. DB2 5 Years

Understanding of data modeling techniques and experience working with relational data base concepts and data 5 Years

Proven experience delivering Business Intelligence solutions 4 Years

Hands on ETL tool experience 5 Years

Experience building ETL process flows in the SAS BI Tool Data Integration Studio (SAS/DI) or a similar ETL tool.

Advanced level programming in SQL, SAS Data Step and SAS Macro.

Proficiency with joining tables from an RDBMS such as Oracle.

Proven experience delivering Business Intelligence solutions

Desired Skills:

Should have the capability to develop SAS Programs and run the programs in Batch mode to create extract files for CMS.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability present to both technical and business audiences.

Knowledge of health insurance data.

Experience with metadata driven SAS code generation.

Experience with SAS Enterprise Guide and Management Console.

Strong understanding of healthcare claims processing Claims, Provider, Eligibility

Hands on experience in different file transfer methodologies and different file types and layouts Years

Working knowledge of Medicaid and/or MMIS

Nice to have:

Experience with Tableau, dashboard design and develop