Data Analyst, Population Health & Value-Based Care

Role Description

The Data Analyst, Population Health & Value-Based Care is responsible for building and maintaining the analytic foundation that supports Community Care Alliance’s (CCA) clinically integrated network (CIN), accountable care organization (ACO), and employer-based health initiatives. This role transforms claims, clinical, and care-coordination data into accurate, timely, and actionable insights that enable CCA’s rural hospitals, clinics, and care teams to improve quality, manage cost, and succeed in value-based care arrangements.

Working closely with the Executive Director, Clinical Improvement & Performance Analyst, Regional Care Coordination (RCC) team, and external data partners, this position ensures CCA has reliable, trusted data products to support strategic decision-making, performance management, and contract success.

Essential Responsibilities Include:

• Data Acquisition, Integration, & Quality:
  • Collect, import, validate, and maintain data from multiple sources including:
    • Claims (Medicare, Medicaid, employer, and managed care plans)
    • Electronic health record (EHR) extracts
    • Health information exchanges (e.g., Contexture/QHN)
    • Care coordination and population health platforms (e.g., REDi)
    • CIN participant TIN/NPI roster data
  • Monitor data completeness, accuracy, and timeliness; identify and resolve discrepancies in coordination with vendors, payers, and network partners.
  • Maintain clean, patient-level and provider-level datasets for multiple populations and contracts.
• Analytics, Reporting, & Dashboards:
  • Produce and maintain recurring reports and dashboards related to:
    • Total cost of care
    • Utilization (ED, inpatient, SNF, readmissions)
    • Quality and preventive care measures
    • Risk stratification and attribution
    • Care management impact (TCM, CCM, RCC outcomes)
  • Support reporting needs for UHC, MSSP, Medicaid ICCT, employer plans, and other value-based contracts.
  • Develop ad-hoc analyses to support leadership, board reporting, contract negotiations, and strategic planning.
  • Translate data into clear, understandable visualizations and summaries for non-technical audiences.
• Population Health & Care Management Support:
  • Provide analytic support to quality improvement initiatives, preventive care campaigns, and care coordination workflows.
  • Monitor trends over time and proactively flag performance risks or improvement opportunities.
• Financial & Contract Performance Analytics:
  • Support tracking of shared savings, PMPM payments, benchmarks, and risk-based contract performance.
  • Assist with attribution validation, financial reconciliations, and year-end true-ups.
  • Provide analytic support for employer and payer discussions, including modeling and performance summaries.
• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Work closely with the CCA team, and others as appropriate throughout the organization.
  • Serve as a data partner to hospitals, clinics, and network members.
  • Participate in internal and external meetings as needed to explain data, validate findings, and support performance improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in analytics, public health, healthcare administration, informatics, statistics, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience working with healthcare data (claims, quality, population health, or clinical data).
• Strong experience in:
  • Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
  • SQL or similar data-query tools
  • Business intelligence or visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar)
• Experience working with healthcare claims, utilization, quality, or risk data.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• The ability to clearly explain complex ideas and technologies to non-technical audiences.
• Current driver’s license, willingness and ability to travel as needed, including some overnight stays.

Requirements

• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times and ensure remote locations meet privacy standards.
• Be provided with necessary equipment to work remotely such as computer, mobile phone, and other technologies as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 5% 401k Employer Match
• FSA
• Paid Hours Off
• Paid Holidays
• Group Discounts
• Life & LTD
• EAP
• And more!