[Hiring] Senior Network Pricing Analyst @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

Optum’s Pacific West region is redefining health care with a focus on health equity, affordability, quality, and convenience. From California to Oregon and Washington, we are focused on helping more than 2.5 million patients live healthier lives and helping the health system work better for everyone. At Optum Pacific West, we care. We care for our team members, our patients, and our communities. Join our culture of caring and make a positive and lasting impact on health care for millions.

Schedule:

• Monday – Friday, 8:00AM – 5:00PM Pacific Time

Location:

• 100% fully remote.
• You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support and validate lifecycle management of capitation agreements with providers
• Conduct analysis and reporting on performance of capitation agreements
• Interface with providers and senior leaders on performance lifecycle and revenue recovery
• Manage performance reporting and associated revenue recovery efforts
• Create and manage SQL queries

Qualifications

• 3+ years of analytical experience in financial analysis, healthcare pricing, network management, healthcare economics or related discipline
• 2+ years of experience with financial modeling
• Intermediate ability to interpret and review financial modeling results to evaluate the financial impact of contract changes and develop forecasts
• Intermediate level of proficiency in MS Excel and Word
• Intermediate level of proficiency with SQL (read/write)

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with provider payment methodologies and healthcare products

Benefits

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)

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.

Company Description

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.