Associate Metrics & Data Analytics

Title: Associate Metrics & Data Analytics

Job Description: Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Data Science

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Data Analysis, Data Mining, Python (Programming Language), Statistical Analysis, Structured Query Language (SQL) Development
Certifications:

Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. Our work depends on a Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) Data Scientist joining our team to support Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services anti-fraud activities. As a FWA Data Scientist supporting the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership, you will be trusted to collaborate with Subject Matter Experts and other Data Scientists to create unique fraud detection methodologies within a multi-billion record database made up of a large partnership of public and private healthcare payers. You will be a part of a 5-person team supporting the Trusted Third Party fraud, waste and abuse data analytics.

We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important. GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day.

We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can’t turn into opportunity.

HOW A DATA SCIENTIST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• This position is within a multi-disciplinary team of Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Analysts and FWA Subject Matter Experts. Our team is 100% remote and distributed throughout the country.
• This position will be responsible for development and execution activities in multi-payer environments by creating, reviewing, and maintaining statistical analysis plans, providing data interpretation and generating reports in support of proposed research questions.
• Develop statistical tests for FWA modeling results and provide predictive analytic statistical support.
• Prepare timelines for statistical project management and perform and interpret basic and complex analyses.
• Provide quality review on statistical analysis and programs plan to ensure consistency with protocol and adequacy to meet objectives defined in protocol, by collaborating with other statisticians and programmers to identify potential data problems from analytic queries and to take appropriate action to guide the resolution process.
• Document analyses, create summaries and present written and verbal results for FWA study reports.
• Communicate statistical and data-related concepts to non-statisticians (managers, researchers in other fields, etc.).

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelors Degree in Data Science, Statistics or related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in statistical and computer-science related field(s).
• Competence and experience using Tableau, with demonstrable experience communicating and visualizing complex healthcare analytic outcomes.
• Competence and demonstrated expertise in the complete Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Competence and demonstrated experience in the following programming languages and platforms: Linux, SQL, SnowSQL, Python and/or R.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with client relation activities, ingesting and synthesizing customer requirements and effectively communicating complex healthcare analytic outcomes to client satisfaction.
• Experience in medical terminology and all healthcare coding systems (e.g., ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, DRG and the like).
• Experience datamining for healthcare fraud, waste and abuse in large, multi-payer databases with diverse health care benefit structures and claim processing systems, including private plans (commercial insurance) as well as Federal and State public plans (Medicare and Medicaid).
• Experience researching, interpreting and applying payer medical (coverage) policies (e.g., LCDs, NCDs, private carrier medical policies) and common industry claim edits (e.g., NCCI).
• Ability to communicate technical outcomes with a high degree of detail and precision to technical audiences, while at the same time being able to communicate those outcomes to non-technical audiences in an approachable and understandable manner.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities, accuracy with work, strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and especially the ability to communicate data clearly to clients.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with minimal supervision.

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU

• The GDIT HFPP Trusted Third Party is the only data warehouse of its type anywhere, bringing in many billions of healthcare claims from dozens of healthcare payers, including federal, state and local plans both public and private. We use this data warehouse solely for fraud, waste and abuse analytics.
• The TTP is responsible for identifying overpayments, fraud leads, and meaningful insights about abusive billing behaviors through a cross-payer lens. Government and private healthcare. organizations collaborated to form the HFPP as a public-private partnership to combat fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Competitive pay and benefits, flexible work schedule, collaborative inter-disciplinary environment where the best idea wins.

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The likely salary range for this position is $66,300 – $89,700. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.