10/01/2009
Resolution Health Inc

Company Information: RHI is a personal health care guidance company that provides services to many health plans PBMs disease management companies and employers. RHI is based in Columbia MD and is a wholly owned subsidiary of WellPoint Inc. nation's largest health insurer. RHI analyzes medical and prescription claims integrated with lab test results and other member-specific health data (e.g. health risk assessment and biometric data) to identify actionable patient-specific opportunities to improve compliance with "best clinical practices" and prescribed medication regimens and/or responsibly reduce medical costs. Based on the results of these analyses RHI sends personalized communications to patients and physicians to improve quality of health care and reduce medical care costs. RHI's Division of Clinical Affairs and Data Analytics consists of a team of clinicians professional coders epidemiologists health services researchers and medical informatics experts who are responsible for the clinical components of RHI's data analytic and member- and physician targeted interventions as well as evaluation of the clinical and economic impacts of those interventions. We expect to be providing services to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care delivered to 50 million Americans by 2011.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
-Design and perform analyses of the clinical and economic impacts of  various quality improvement and cost reduction interventions on the care provided to groups of patients
-Design and perform analyses of factors associated with the effectiveness of quality improvement and cost reduction interventions
-Design and perform analyses of patient characteristics that are associated with particular health outcomes or are  predictive of future use of particular health care services
-Assess the sensitivity specificity and predictive accuracy of particular RHI algorithms
-Develop algorithms that can be used in efforts to assure accuracy of analytic results
-Perform other analytical project work or special projects as assigned by supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:
-Advanced statistical software programming experience (e.g. STATA or SAS) analyzing large administrative claims databases  (e.g. over 5 million records)
-Experience with MS SQL Server or any other relational databases
-Familiarity with administrative claims data and standard medical/pharmacy coding schemes (e.g. ICD-9 HCPCS and CPT-4)
-Competency with Microsoft office application and Access
-Strong written and verbal communication skills
-Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills with strong attention to detail
-Ability to manage multiple diverse projects in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines

Position Qualifications: Masters in public health epidemiology or biostatistics or other quantitative field (e.g actuarial sciences)
At least 2 years of analytical experience in outcomes research design epidemiology and multivariate
statistical analysis preferably in a managed care setting

Salary Range: Competitive

Benefits: Among the best in industry

Web Site: www.resolutionhealth.com

Application Address: Shantanu Phatakwala

Contact Email: recruiting@resolutionhealth.com

Application Deadline: 03/31/2010