We are currently seeking an experienced Statistical Consultant to join our team in our Harrisburg, PA 17112 location.

Who We Are:

LW Consulting, Inc. is a  leading provider of management services, strategic advisory services, financial advisory services, market research and specialized consulting services to healthcare providers has an opening for an experienced Statistical Consultant in our Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office. 

The position could be remotely located from anywhere within the Eastern Standard Time Zone

About the Role:

The main responsibility will be to support our healthcare clients with statistical analyses, sampling and data analysis. The position is primarily responsible for analyzing and interpreting claims data, clinical and administrative data, evaluating trends and statistical significance and evaluating the validity of statistical sampling methodologies in accordance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Integrity Manual. The Consultant will review statistical methodologies utilized in Medicare audits and opine on accuracy of methodologies used. The Consultant will also provide expert testimony to refute sampling methodologies in appeals.

What you’ll do:

Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Comfortable designing and drafting a valid statistical methodology for conducting statistical sampling to project overpayments.
• Aggregating data from disparate sources to provide analytic databases for research and litigation support. Develops reports and queries to extract data from electronic health records and other data sources.
• Writing technical reports, expert reports, and other reports as appropriate, and is primarily responsible for their technical defensibility and accuracy.
• Providing expert testimony to refute statistical sampling and projected overpayments.
• Creating statistical approaches and analyzes data generated by multiple providers or from various review processes (e.g., identifying benchmarks or care, peer groups, and stratification).
• Trending data to understand opportunities for improvement or focused investigation.
• Assuring adequate sample size calculations for audits.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to effectively present information and communicate the intricacies and complexities of statistics in a clear and understandable manner in both written and oral format to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors and in legal support of clients.
• Familiar with RAT-STATS, Sequel SQL, SAS or other statistical programming software and spreadsheet software.. We do not provide training for this position, and as such, any applicant should have high-level statistical consulting experience in a professional environment.
• Complex Excel spreadsheet creation.
• Explore and recommend healthcare data management, research industry strategies, and software tools available to implement strategies.
• Prior experience with healthcare data analytics leveraging patient-level/longitudinal healthcare claims data, electronic medical records (EMR) or related data.

• Providing subject matter guidance to junior staff including training and directing in the more complex aspects of their work. Provides quality assurance of their work product.

   

  Our Perfect Candidate

  Education and Experience:

• Must have advanced degree, PhD preferred, Masters required in Statistics, Mathematics, Research Methodology, or Economics.
• 5 years’ experience in in data mining, statistics and analytics or relative database management in systems such as SQL server in the healthcare field.
• MUST have experience as a Statistician in the Healthcare Field and development of samples for claims analysis and overpayment projection.
• In-depth knowledge of data query language(s) and data extraction methodologies.
• Experience providing litigation support and expert testimony on healthcare issues in prominent litigation cases in court proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations, and before governmental agencies in support of clients.
• Experience working with healthcare administrative data across Medicare, Medicaid, commercial as well as third party data assets.  

  Required Abilities and Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in Excel. Access software knowledge a plus
• Excellent organization skills with outstanding attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability/creativity in critical-thinking & problem-solving
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to effectively communicate to customers, clients and coworkers 

Company Offers:

• Competitive salary will commensurate with experience and education
• Comprehensive benefits package available including: Healthcare Insurance, Paid Vacation & Holidays, 401k, Profit Incentive Plan, and Growth Opportunities

To Apply:

Please submit your cover letter, and resume

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer!

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