LTSS Data Analytics Specialist (Health Services Policy Specialist)

Schedule: Full-time

What You Will Do at ODM:

Office: Policy

Bureau: Long Term Services & Supports (LTSS)

Classification: Health Services Policy Specialist (PN 20102584)

Job Overview:

The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) is seeking an analytics professional to be part of our LTSS Analytics Unit. The LTSS Analytics Unit assures the production of data needed to support the operations, ongoing improvement, and federal compliance of several home and community-based waiver (HCBS) programs, state-plan home health services, facility-based long-term care, and various Medicaid programs operated on a day-to-day basis by other state agencies. As an LTSS Data Analytics Specialist, your responsibilities will include:

Acting as a data management liaison with other areas of ODM, sister state agencies, local public entities, contract entities, and stakeholder groups.

Developing and implementing data production processes that have multiple steps and require timely actions by other staff.

Designing data queries for producing and reporting statistical and financial data (e.g. case management data, demographics, performance metrics, service utilization, and cost and utilization projections).

Extracting data from existing claims payment, eligibility, decision support, and case management systems.

Interpreting administrative rules, polices, HCBS waiver applications, and data requests to determine what data is needed for program operations or program evaluation.

Bringing your analytical expertise to bear on policy and program development to assure an adequate basis for quantifiable program measurements.

Developing and implementing surveys and other methods for evaluating Medicaid programs.

The preferred candidate will be experienced in producing analytical reports, developing performance metrics, participating in teams to produce analytical output in a group process, and using multiple data analytics tools and decision support systems.

Completion of undergraduate core coursework & 12 mos. exp. in one of following: health services administration, mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, public administration, allied health sciences, nursing, economics, public health, or comparable field; 2 yrs. exp. in health services research &/or health policy analysis; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in research methodology, measurement & testing, analysis of variance & survey sampling; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in use of computer programs/applications with emphasis on relational data bases, use of computer hardware, software used for spreadsheets, statistical analysis, graphics presentation & word processing; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in multiple regression or multivariate analysis.

-Or completion of graduate core coursework in health services administration, mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, public administration, allied health sciences, nursing, economics or comparable field; 2 yrs. exp. in health services research &/or health policy analysis; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in research methodology, measurement & testing, analysis of variance & survey sampling; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in use of computer programs/applications with emphasis on relational data bases, use of computer hardware, software used for spreadsheets, statistical analysis & graphics presentation & word processing; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in multiple regression or multivariate analysis.

-Or 2 yrs. exp. as Health Services Analyst, 65211.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Data Analytics

Technical Skills: Health Administration, Data Modeling, Data Visualization

Professional Skills: Analyzation, Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Innovation