Job Description:
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This position is responsible for providing health economic and health services research analytical expertise to support the development of evidence for Surgical Operating Unit.
This position will provide exposure to principles, concepts, practices, and standards in medical device industry practices. Individual develops solutions based on established precedents and policies to achieve the overall objectives and long-range goals of the team.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design and analyze studies using administrative health care claims data, hospital data and device-derived data to understand clinical characteristics and outcomes, health services utilization, treatment patterns and costs associated with the use of surgical products, services or patients indicated for such therapies. Analysis may be used to support evidence development, federal agency (FDA, CMS) requests, clinical trial design, and reimbursement market trends.
• Develop and disseminate evidence in the form of reports, abstracts and manuscripts based on the analyses described above.
• Develop country specific evidence to meet requirements for optimal reimbursement coverage and usage.
• Design, modify, or implement economic models using inputs from clinical and observational data research, literature review, and clinical or stakeholder expertise.
• Work with clinical researchers to add relevant health outcomes and economic endpoints to clinical trials, analyze and report study results.
• Update and document product searching algorithm/computer programs against healthcare databases periodically.
• Execute and generate interactive data visualization dashboards (Tableau or PowerBI).
• Prepare and disseminate analysis reports.
• Convert routine analytical processes into SAS macros and document macro usage instructions.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Must Have
• Experience with administrative healthcare data analysis or electronic health record data analysis.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI).
• Experience with data wrangling process.
• Strong analytic skills; experience with statistical methods for handling large observational database.
• Strong experience with statistical programming (SQL/SAS).
Nice To Have
• Experience/interest in medical device industry.
• Experience/interest in health insurance or health care delivery industry.
• Experience/interest in health policy.
• Experience/interest in real-world surgical procedures.
• Experience with economic modeling.