Research Consultant - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

3h•$72,800 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

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, and 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 Consultant, 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 looking for a detail-oriented individual to work with its project teams supporting the identification of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in government health programs. Lewin assists 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university and two or more years of experience performing qualitative and/or quantitative analysis, overseeing day-to-day management of project tasks and preparing presentations and reports for clients Or a Master’s degree from an accredited college/university
Academic and/or work experience performing qualitative or quantitative analysis
Overseeing day-to-day management of project tasks
Maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
Working effectively as a member of a project team
Preparing presentations and reports for clients
Solid oral and written communication skills
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office—Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Solid interest in healthcare or public policy
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)

Nice To Haves

Experience with data analysis tools (such as SQL, STATA, SPSS, Excel, etc.)
Healthcare or human services research experience
Familiarity with medical claims data and/or medical auditing data

Responsibilities

Embrace the use of quantitative and qualitative skills to understand the driving factors of FWA in the government space
Perform a variety of research and consulting tasks, including data review and analysis
Contribute critical thinking and problem-solving skills to develop creative and innovative solutions
Improve existing project deliverables and perform ad hoc analyses based on client need
Manage time effectively across multiple projects or tasks, with different managers and competing priorities
Maintain a high degree of accuracy, along with attention to detail, excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to always meet deadlines