Fraud Analyst

Mass General Brigham • Somerville, MA

25d • Hybrid

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. The Fraud Analyst is building data analytics for MGB Health Plan's Special Investigations Unit; this role uses data analytics for the SIU to find fraud leads. This includes creating SQL queries for known fraud schemes to run against claims data, ad hoc regulatory reporting, and creating reports to support Fraud Investigators. The ideal candidate is proficient in SQL and has a background in healthcare fraud investigations. Job Summary The role will be responsible for creating, refining and performing various analytic reporting aimed at identifying potential fraudulent, wasteful, or abusive claim submissions. In addition to performing analytics, the position will be required to conduct preliminary research of identified providers or members to include public record, contract, and social media review, among others. The analyst will be accountable for documenting analytic and research activities within concise reports or memoranda.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 2-3 years of experience investigating claims or compliance required
• At least 2-3 years of experience as an analyst in healthcare, data reporting or data analysis required
• Strong verbal/written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of CPT, HCPCS, ICD10-CM diagnosis, and procedure codes.
• Strong aptitude for technology-based solutions.
• Ability to develop, introduce, defend, and gain support for new ideas and approaches.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive innovative thinking and the capability to successfully implement strategy.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare fraud experience highly preferred
• Data analysis with SQL proficiency highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop and run reports, analyze data to identify suspicious billing patterns, assess the merits of allegations, and present those findings to leadership.
• Analyze claims data to find suspicious billing patterns and outliers, using knowledge of healthcare coding conventions, fraud schemes, and general areas of vulnerabilities.
• Conduct preliminary investigations to assess the merits of allegations through fact-gathering and analyses of data sets.
• Organize data and document preliminary investigative steps with a high level of detail and accuracy to clearly and concisely support investigative inferences, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Report discoveries of fraud or program abuse to external parties, as required by law, rule, or contract.
• Receive investigative requests from field staff, internal claims associates, and underwriting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees