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Senior Healthcare Analytics Research Coordinator

Internal Number: 122893EX

Description: The Senior Healthcare Analytics and Research Coordinator serves as the lead healthcare data analyst of the Health Analytics Office in the Hawaii Medicaid program, they are responsible for the oversight of all analytic and evaluation functions of the office. The position co-facilitates the development of data protocols and procedures; co-administers external data contracts, provides subject matter expertise to Health Analytics Program (the state’s all-payer claims database); and supports the implementation of data quality assurance processes. The position co-leads the development and implementation of an annual plan that reflects programmatic and stakeholder needs, maintaining responsibility for key analytic and evaluation tasks included in the work plan. The position shares responsibility for completing tasks in the work plan including the creation and dissemination of standardized and ad hoc data reports in various formats to multiple stakeholders; conducting program evaluation for various initiatives; reviewing data requests from external agencies; and providing consultation, technical assistance, and training as needed to internal and external stakeholders.

This position requires a thorough knowledge of the principles of health analytics, health informatics, and evaluation including the practices, methods, design, analysis, and interpretation of research studies; the principles and practices of program planning and evaluation; data dissemination methods; epidemiological and actuarial theories and practices pertinent to health services research and analysis; and a comprehensive understanding of health care, health plans, providers, and other related issues. The candidate must have experience in coordinating analytic, informatics, and evaluation aspects of a complex analytics program. The ideal incumbent will have experience in working with different types of datasets used in healthcare, conducting needs assessments and research studies in the fields of epidemiology, program evaluation, data analytics, statistics, and/or informatics; and have demonstrated ability in interpreting findings of these studies and disseminating findings to various state-level stakeholder audiences, such as legislators, key government leaders, organizational administrators, etc. in various formats. Experience with developing logic models, conducting needs assessments, and developing evaluation plans to comprehensively assess a program or intervention; and working with and overseeing projects involving large datasets is required. Experience in writing code using statistical software (e.g. SAS, STATA, SPSS, R, etc.) for advanced analyses is required.

Education: Master's degree in Biostatistics, Health Economics, Health Analytics, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, or Health Services Research. See website for allowable substitutions.

Experience:  4 years of progressive professional experience in health analytics, health informatics, epidemiology, health services research, biostatistics, health economics or healthcare actuarial studies with clinical population-based health or healthcare claims data.

2 years of supervisory experience. 

About Department of Human Services--Med-QUEST
Hawaii’s QUEST program is the state of Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) and Med-QUEST Division (MQD) comprehensive section 1115(a) Demonstration wavier (Demonstration) that expands Medicaid coverage to children and adults. QUEST covers over a quarter of Hawaii residents using capitated managed care as a delivery system for most services. QUEST provides Medicaid State Plan benefits and additional benefits including institutional, and home and community-based services, community integration services, long-term services and supports based on medical necessity and clinical criteria, to beneficiaries eligible under the State Plan and to the Demonstration populations.Med-QUEST Division continues to focus on a comprehensive health care delivery system transformation, called the HOPE Initiative. “HOPE” stands for Hawaii-Medicaid Ohana-Nui Project Expansion. The goal of the initiative is to achieve the Triple Aim of better health, better care, and sustainable costs for our community using a whole person, whole family and whole community approach to health and well-being. Med-QUEST Division anticipates that the investments in healthy families and healthy communities will translate... to improved health and well-being through decreased onset of preventable illnesses, improved early detection and optimal management of conditions, and a continued sustainable growth rate in healthcare spending from reductions in unnecessary care and shifts of care to appropriate settings. Med-QUEST Division also focuses on the integration of behavioral health and health-related social risk factors taking a whole-person health approach
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https://govphcareers.astho.org/jobs/22449219/senior-healthcare-analytics-research-coordinator

Date Posted
07/23/2026
Job Reference
22449219
Organization
Department of Human Services--Med-QUEST
Location
Kapolei, HI 96707
Category
Project/Program Management
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