Health Data Analyst

UHIN is hiring a Health Data Analyst to help strengthen health data quality and turn complex healthcare information into actionable insights. This remote position in Utah supports chronic disease monitoring, quality measurement, and population health initiatives, with a focus on compliance and reliable reporting.

What you will do

• Write advanced, optimized SQL queries to aggregate and manipulate large health data sets coming from disparate internal and external clinical systems and claims databases.
• Validate data integrity and perform quality assurance and data cleaning across health records, public health registries, and insurance claims databases for use in the CHIE portal and for external reporting.
• Coordinate with data contributors to resolve data quality anomalies.
• Design, develop, and maintain interactive BI tools using Tableau and/or Power BI to track KPIs and public health metrics, including patient readmission rates, length of stay, and operational costs.
• Conduct statistical analysis on patient and population data to identify chronic disease trends, track quality-of-care metrics, support public health surveillance, and inform hospital and community safety initiatives.
• Develop, validate, and maintain statistical algorithms.
• Partner with the Chief Data Officer (CDO) to identify data requirements and deliver clean datasets for predictive risk-scoring and resource utilization models.
• Translate complex findings into clear, non-technical recommendations for medical directors, clinicians, public health officials, and executive leadership.
• Author research reports, technical specifications, process documentation, and training materials.
• Maintain strict adherence to HIPAA, CMS regulations, and internal data governance policies across extraction, storage, and reporting.
• Plan, manage, and facilitate data-related projects, survey design studies, cross-functional meetings, and member or customer data inquiries.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Core qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Informatics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Data Analytics, Statistics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 2–4 years of experience extracting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting on complex healthcare and public health data.
• Demonstrated experience with both healthcare claims and clinical datasets.
• Hands-on experience with public health surveillance, chronic disease reporting, and population-level health analytics.
• Proven experience assessing health data quality, including accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across disparate systems.
• Advanced SQL development for complex extraction, aggregation, and manipulation.
• Experience with Python (including data visualization and statistical libraries).
• Experience building and maintaining interactive dashboards using Tableau and Power BI.
• Proficiency with optimized SQL, Python/R libraries, BI dashboards, statistical and research methods, and analysis of both structured and unstructured quantitative and qualitative data.
• Ability to identify complex problems, evaluate cost-benefit tradeoffs, assess system performance metrics, and reach data-backed conclusions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex results to non-technical stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of HIPAA regulations and internal data governance policies, ensuring confidentiality, privacy, and security.
• Strong time management, self-initiative, and prioritization skills, including leading meetings, managing projects, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree with specialized training in research methods and statistical analysis in a healthcare or public health domain (for example: Informatics, Epidemiology).
• Public health epidemiological experience.
• Experience with machine learning algorithms, predictive analytics, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for unstructured healthcare data.
• Familiarity with additional languages and tools: R, JavaScript, Google BigQuery, and healthcare industry data standards.

Tools and technologies

• SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, HIPAA, CMS, R

Compensation and location

Utah (remote) with a pay range of USD 72,000 - 85,000 per year (Remote, United States).

Benefits

• Flexible work-life balance with plenty of PTO
• Benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life, 401k Match)
• Fully remote or Hybrid
• Hybrid schedule with onsite collaboration days Mondays and Tuesdays, then remote
• Monthly reimbursement for data plan
• Gym discount
• Welcome into company culture recognized as Top Benefits and Top Workplace

Management responsibilities

• No direct reports for this position
• This position may manage projects

Disclaimer: This job description is not a contract. The employer may modify or adjust the position as needed, and the description is intended to indicate general nature and level of work.