Texas Health and Human Services Commission is hiring: Quality Data Analyst in Au

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Functional Title: Quality Data Analyst

Job Title: Data Analyst V

Agency: Health & Human Services Comm

Department: QMP Administration

Posting Number: 2244
Closing Date: 01/23/2025
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Computer and Mathematical
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-26
Salary Range: $7,000.00 - $8,581.66
Shift: Day

Additional Shift:

Telework: Part-Time

Travel: Up to 5%

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full Time/Part Time: Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

Facility Location:

Job Location City: AUSTIN

Job Location Address: 701 W 51ST ST

Other Locations:

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Brief Job Description:

The Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) Division is driven by its mission to deliver quality, cost effective services to Texans. The MCS Quality and Program Improvement, Quality Reporting Unit (QRU) seeks a highly qualified candidate to fill the Data Analyst V position.

The Data Analyst V supports existing and future federal reporting requirements by performing highly complex (senior-level) data collection, reporting and analysis to monitor, evaluate and increase efficiencies for the Quality Data Analytics and Reporting (QDAR) department. The position acts as a liaison between QDAR and policy and program areas. The Data Analyst works with various program areas to explore different aspects of MCS' Medicaid systems (people, policy, data systems and processes) to determine appropriate, valid, and reliable data sources to ensure agency deliverables meet federal requirements for the Home and Community-based Services Medicaid waiver programs.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment that emphasizes teamwork to achieve goals, excellence through high professional standards, personal accountability, curiosity to continuously grow and learn, critical thinking for effective execution, ability to design and implement projects with limited direction, and integrity to do things right even when what is right is not easy.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Work involves conducting detailed analysis of data systems and data sets, including monitoring, and ensuring data quality, to be used to meet federal reporting requirements. Compiles, queries, and loads data points using SQL, and other query languages, into databases from a variety of source formats to support complex analyses. Cleans and prepares data, as necessary, to produce data required.

Oversees the development of high-quality written project updates and reports. Guides the selection of data management tools, and the development of standards, usage guidelines, and procedures for those tools. Defines, develops, and implements data standards. Determines trends and resolves operational problems related to performance and quality measure data across multiple programs. Coordinates with others who collect, organize, analyze, and prepare materials in response to requests for information and reports specific to performance measure data. Analyzes performance measure data using standard tools, methods, and techniques. Prepares concise, comprehensive technical reports to present and interpret data. Makes recommendations on revisions to data collection methodologies.

May train, lead, assign and/or prioritize the work of others to meet data reporting needs. Will assist in the development of in-house capabilities to identify, describe, monitor, and create intervention strategies promoting quality across long-term care programs and activities. Leads, participates, and contributes in cross-functional teams/workgroups, trainings to support unit priorities.

Utilizes strong communication skills to explain MCS, QDAR and QRU business processes and to negotiate for information and resources needed to ensure successful implementation of initiatives. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders regarding program performance measures. Coordinates with subject matter experts to ensure accuracy of reporting tools, workflows, and reporting procedures. Provides direction to other areas providing data support.

Ensures data integrity by identifying data gaps, errors, anomalies, inconsistencies, and redundancies in the content, structure, and relationships within data; coordinates with stakeholders to improve data quality.

Provides suggestions regarding systematic changes that will improve the collection of data and align data infrastructure with business needs. Provides routine updates on the status of projects and initiatives, and performs other related work as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:

Data analysis techniques and best practices.

MCS and other areas within HHS.

Data quality and integrity processes.

Principles, practices and techniques of database and application design, development, and structure.

Reporting and visualization tools.

Skill in:

Complex analytic work, identifying trends, concerns, recommending opportunities for improvement as well as areas of excellence.

Using query languages.

Using Extract, Transform and Load tools.

Communicating to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Ability to:

Work on a team, and to be flexible and creative with data demands.

Plan, organize and conduct data analytic projects.

Develop and interpret data charts, maps, and tables.

Interpret and publish data analytic findings.

Exercise independent judgment and show initiative.

Maintain detailed and organized documentation of data analytic projects.

Work collaboratively across MCS to accomplish objectives.

Balance team and individual responsibilities.

Registrations, Licensure Requirements or Certifications:

N/A

Initial Selection Criteria:

Graduation from an accredited 4-year college or university with major coursework in a social science, business, statistical or related field required.

Master's degree, or equivalent experience preferred. Experience and education may be substituted for one another.

Experience with Medicaid, long-term care, state, or federal health care programs required.

Additional Information:

N/A

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ADA Accommodations:

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), HHSC and DSHS agencies will provide reasonable accommodation during the hiring and selection process for qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance completing the on-line application, contact the HHS Employee Service Center at 1-888-894-4747. If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodation to participate in the interview process, please notify the person scheduling the interview.

Pre-Employment Checks and Work Eligibility:

Depending on the program area and position requirements, applicants selected for hire may be required to pass background and other due diligence checks.

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