Northwell Health

Data Analyst

Northwell Health  •  Manhasset, NY (Onsite)  •  21 hours ago
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Job Description

Analyzes, verifies, tracks and reports on department related databases and software. Serves as a liaison between department’s analytical needs and technical data storage systems and files; collaborates with stakeholders to document requirements for reporting. Develop analytic reports and dashboards utilizing various databases and third party data files.

Job Responsibility

Executive Reporting and Dashboards

  • Creates and maintains executive reporting and dashboards using Epic reporting tools (such as Clarity, Caboodle, Radar, Reporting Workbench, and SlicerDicer), supplemented by enterprise business intelligence platforms as needed.
  • Develops and maintains a standard Physician Enterprise performance scorecard for OPE leadership, service-line chairs, and market leaders.
  • Automates recurring reports and ensures accuracy, consistent definitions, and timely delivery.

Analysis Across the Physician Enterprise

  • Performs analysis across the following domains:
  • Clinical operations: access, scheduling, provider productivity (wRVUs), capacity and utilization, and throughput.
  • Financial: P&L performance, budget variance, and cost and revenue trends by service line, site, and provider, in partnership with the OPE CFO and Northwell Finance.
  • Revenue cycle: charge capture and charge lag, coding, denials, days in A/R, collections, and payer mix.
  • Referrals: referral patterns, network integrity and leakage, and growth opportunities.
  • Analyzes Vizient data, including the Clinical Data Base and related benchmarking, to compare quality, cost, utilization, and outcomes against peers and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Conducts ad hoc and deep-dive analyses in response to leadership questions. Frames the problem, identifies the right data, and delivers findings with clear recommendations.
  • Prepares presentation-ready charts and materials, and presents findings to leadership.

Partnership and Data Stewardship

  • Manages intake and prioritization of analytic requests from the EVP, Chief Administrator, and CFO, and maintains a transparent work queue.
  • Partners with Northwell's enterprise analytics, IT and Epic, Finance, Revenue Cycle, and Quality teams to access data, align on definitions, and avoid duplicating existing reporting.
  • Establishes and documents consistent metric definitions for Physician Enterprise reporting.
  • Ensures appropriate handling of protected health information in compliance with HIPAA and Northwell data governance policies.
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related, are not essential functions.
  • Analyzes, verifies, tracks and reports on department related databases and software.
  • Identifies strategies for evaluation of key performance indicators (KPI’s), quality metrics, outcomes evaluation, population management studies, etc.
  • Develops technical and functional specifications based on business requirements and analysis of technical workflows.
  • Identifies issues in data quality that would impact reporting (i.e. duplicate records, missing data, etc.).
  • Identifies methods of data visualization and presentation principles to ensure effective and impactful communication of projects to management.
  • Maintains trends and tracks various measures to fully utilize the capabilities of databases and data files.
  • Integrates add-on programs to eliminate or streamline back end processes.
  • Serves as a liaison between departments analytical needs and technical data storage systems and files.
  • Operates under general guidance and work assignments are varied and require interpretation and independent decisions on course of action.
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

  • Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.

HIGHLY PREFFERED

  • Bachelor's degree in analytics, statistics, health administration, finance, economics, computer science, or a related field required. Master's degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of healthcare analytics experience, required, including at least 3 years building reports and dashboards from Epic data.
  • Proficiency in Epic reporting required. Epic certification (Clarity Data Model, Caboodle, or Cogito) strongly preferred.
  • Experience analyzing Vizient data required.
  • Advanced SQL skills. Experience with Tableau, Power BI, or a similar visualization tool, and advanced Excel.
  • Working knowledge of physician practice operations, revenue cycle, and provider productivity metrics.
  • Ability to communicate findings clearly and concisely to executive and physician audiences.
  • Must be able to work on-site in New York City and New Hyde Park, NY.
  • Preferred: experience in a large integrated health system or academic medical center; experience with referral or network analytics; familiarity with physician compensation models.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Northwell Health

About Northwell Health

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, about 1,000+ outpatient facilities and more than 16,000 affiliated physicians.

At Northwell, we focus on cultivating an environment that inspires growth, empowers leadership, and encourages breakthroughs, not just in the communities we serve but in the careers of those who make an impact in the lives of so many. We are committed to our mission and our core values – including being Truly Inclusive. We value everyone’s perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. This is demonstrated in the work we do together, and how we care for each other, our patients, their families and the communities we serve.

We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 100,000+ employees – 19,000+ nurses and 5,000+ employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. 

We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.

For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit Jobs.Northwell.edu and explore our many opportunities.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Lake Success, NY
Year Founded
1997
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