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OptumServe Consulting (OSC)/The Lewin Group (Lewin), a premier national healthcare and human services consulting and policy analysis firm, brings more than 50 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. OSC/Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients:

• Improve policy and expand knowledge of healthcare and human service systems
• Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of healthcare and family services
• Deal with shifts in healthcare practice, technology, and regulation
• Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes
• Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations, governments, and people to make healthcare and human services systems more effective

Currently, OSC/Lewin has more than 250 consultants drawn from industry, government, and academia. They all share a strong commitment to Lewin's core values of objectivity, integrity, analytical innovation, vision, and dedication to client satisfaction.

As a Research Analyst, you will perform a variety of research and analysis tasks to support consulting projects for federal and state governments, health plans, associations and foundations, hospitals, and health systems.

OSC/Lewin is seeking recent graduates of bachelor's programs in fields such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, epidemiology, or other quantitative fields to fill junior statistician roles to assist state and federal administrations such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in evaluating and optimizing healthcare program operations through a combination of analytic and policy-driven research, modeling, and reporting.

If you are located in Falls Church, VA, you will have the flexibility to work remotely*, as well as work in the office as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Contribute to projects involving the application of statistical sampling such as:
  • Investigating improper Medicare and Medicaid billing
  • Estimating fund recoupment associated with auditing programs
  • Predicting improper billing for audit optimization
• Summarize and analyze claims data
• Produce analytic reports on statistical issues associated with auditing programs

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree completed within the past 2 years from an accredited college/university; coursework to obtain degree must be completed prior to start of employment
• Academic and/or work experience
  • Performing quantitative analysis
  • Preparing presentations and reports for clients
  • Aptitude for interpreting data outputs and articulating findings
• Experience using software for data analysis, such as SAS, Python, R, or Tableau
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Familiarity with medical claims data and/or medical auditing data
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization (F-1 students with practical training and candidates requiring H-1Bs, TNs, etc. will not be considered)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, biostatistics, computer science, data science, or other quantitative fields such as epidemiology and physics
• Experience with data analyses, such as hypothesis testing, regression modeling, and data visualization
• Experience working with large datasets
• Experience working with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience working effectively as a member of a project team
• Healthcare or human services research experience
• Familiarity with medical claims and/or medical auditing data
• Proven solid oral and written communication skills

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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