Sr. Bus Intelligence Analyst - Pop Health

The individual will partner across clinical, operational, managed care, IT, and vendor teams to drive initiatives aligned to contract performance (MSSP, MA), RAF optimization, and cost/utilization management.
This role operates within the Population Health program and leads execution of initiatives within the function.

Core Responsibilities
Population Health & Analytics Leadership
Serve as a subject matter expert in population health, VBC programs, and risk adjustment (RAF)
Support initiatives tied to MSSP, Medicare Advantage, and other risk-based contracts
Translate business needs into analytics solutions that drive quality, cost, and utilization improvement
Additional Responsibilities: Program Execution & Delivery Leadership

Initiative Execution
Translate requirements into structured workplans with clear ownership and timelines
Identify risks, dependencies, and constraints; drive resolution to maintain progress

Cross-Functional Coordination
Coordinate across analytics, IT, clinical, operational, and vendor teams
Align stakeholders to population health priorities and contract requirements
Demonstrate understanding of CIN / Clinical Partner dynamics, including provider engagement and performance accountability

Stakeholder Communication
Deliver concise, executive-ready updates on progress, risks, and decisions
Lead working sessions, validation reviews, and governance discussions
Clearly communicate risk adjustment, attribution, and performance insights

Data & Delivery Oversight
Oversee data validation, QA/UAT, and release readiness
Ensure alignment between business requirements, technical build, and end-user needs

Strong knowledge of:
Risk adjustment (CMS-HCC, RAF, suspected conditions workflows)
Epic data structures (encounters, diagnoses, problem lists, orders)
End-to-end data flow from EMR → external analytics platforms

Governance & Continuous Improvement
Maintain key documentation (plans, decisions, requirements, validation results)
Ensure deliverables meet governance and audit standards
Identify opportunities to improve analytics delivery and population health workflows 60%

• Work directly with the customer to understand the business requirements for information needs.
• Serve as an expert in selection of the most appropriate visualization tool and delivery mechanism for requests. This includes selection of the best graphical or numerical representation of the information and the appropriate level of interactivity and drill down.
• Design, develop, document, and distribute the selected visualization while working with the customer within the guidelines of the Wellstar Data and Insights framework.
• Serve as a mentor and resource to BI Analysts and Specialists and provide audits and feedback on their development work.
• Develop appropriate level of insight to and understanding of the information being analyzed and apply credible qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis considering the type of data being measured insuring statistical validity wherever possible.
• Deliver end user training to the customer on the use of the tools and method of interpretation of the visualization. 10%

• Act as a liaison with the customer to communicate data structure or metric needs for appropriate data model build to the Data and Insights team members and counterparts in IT responsible for data warehouse and data model build.
• Develop a working knowledge of the lineage, metadata and overall meaning of data being analyzed and lead BI Specialists and BI Analysts in documenting appropriately per Wellstar guidelines.
• Identify and source where possible, data quality issues impacting analyses and bring issues to leadership and other appropriate individual’s attention.
• Apply appropriate statistical and mathematical principles to all analyses.
• Have a working understanding of benchmarking and comparative analysis techniques and interpretation.
• Develop an excellent understanding of data transformed, managed, and reported specifically by the team (e.g., population health, care management, care coordination, utilization management, community health, Wellstar Clinical Partners etc.)  10%

• Maintain an excellent understanding of relational databases in concept and how to practically work with the data housed therein.
• Maintain an outstanding understanding of a wide variety of technology tools used by Wellstar to present information (e.g. SQL, SSRS, Advanced MS Excel, MS SharePoint, SAS, and other tools)
• Serve as a training and informational resource for BI Analysts, Specialist, and others within the organization.
• Continually look to maintain, grow, and develop knowledge and skills in applicable tools
• Develop an understanding of current visualization best practice and trends. 10%

• Understand process improvement techniques utilized at Wellstar and practice them with your own work processes. Act as a leader within the BI team on process improvement efforts to improve productivity and quality of output.
• Participate in departmental and cross-functional teams as needed.
• Work independently and multi-task effectively on multiple assignments as needed.
• Communicate effectively and appropriately with all levels of leadership and staff within the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.  10%