SAS Data Scientist\Analyst

Pegasus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. is seeking a SAS Data Scientist/Analyst to support an unnamed Medicaid client. The role develops healthcare analytics applications and reporting, analyzes claims and eligibility data, translates business needs into analytic methods and reports, and automates processes using SAS.

Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with members of the SAS team to uncover analytical business needs within the Medicaid client
• Partner closely with the customers to ensure engagement drives value within the organization
• Analyze large volumes of customer data (medical claims, MCO claims, eligibility data, etc.) for accuracy and consistency
• Translate business requirements into analytic methods, reports, and present results
• Automate analytic processes
• Proficiently code in SAS, specifically within the SAS Viya 3.5 platform and use CAS efficiently
• Develop reports in SAS Visual Analytics
• Translate customer business needs and problems into requirements for analytical approaches and reports
• Traditional and utilization reporting
• Federal Reports such as CMS-64
• Quality Measures (HEDIS-like measures)
• Program Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation for Medicaid programs
• Solve customers' complex business problems using healthcare analytics
• Communicate with people of various technical and business backgrounds
• Create visualizations for presenting data and analysis
• Work well independently and in a team environment

Requirements:

• A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field is required and equivalent work experience required
• Minimum 5 years SAS programming experience
• Analytical Programming experience in SAS as well as experience with SAS Studio and SAS Visual analytics
• Deep experience doing reporting with healthcare claims and eligibility data
• Knowledge of common acronyms associated with Medicaid and healthcare (FPL, MCO, HMO, managed care, etc)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solve customers' complex business problems using healthcare analytics
• Communicate with people of various technical and business backgrounds
• Create visualizations for presenting data and analysis
• Work well independently and in a team environment
• US Citizen, Green Card
• Relevant experience in the Healthcare industry preferred (commercial or govt)