Actuary Associate Level l - Essen Health Care : Job Details

Company Overview: Essen Health Care is a growing community healthcare network that provides high quality, compassionate, and accessible medical care to some of the most vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by a ‘population health' model of care, Essen has five integrated clinical divisions offering services in primary & specialty offices, urgent care centers, and nursing homes, as well as house calls for homebound patients; all clinical services are also offered via telehealth. Our Care Management division supports patient-centered care through care coordination, complex care management, and helping address health-related social needs.

Founded in 1999, Essen provides care in all five boroughs of New York City, with a primary focus in the Bronx. Staffed by over 300 primary and specialty care physicians and advanced clinicians, Essen Health Care is one of the largest, most comprehensive private medical groups in New York City. Essen maintains a Clinical Information Services team that manages our enterprise-wide electronic medical record system, data repository, clinical analytics, and population health capabilities. Our Community Services teams create and sustain relationships with community organizations, agencies, and health plans.

Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for all patients and has been designated ‘Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home' by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essen has won awards for its patient care innovations and recently launched Intention Health Ventures to develop and commercialize our technology innovations.

Position Title: Actuary Associate Level I

Job Summary: Essen Health Care has a position open for an Actuary Associate Level I who will be responsible for performing various actuarial functions, such as analyzing data, developing and maintaining models, and preparing reports.

• Serve as project manager on medical initiatives, tracking medical and financial experience.
• Quantify the impact of the population, risk scores, rate changes, and savings impacts due to the medical initiatives.
• Perform trend analysis to understand changes in utilization and costs per unit.
• Identify medical opportunities and provide programming/analysis/reporting for cohorts of members.
• Partner with Operations, Medical, IT, and Business leaders to gather requirements and provide analysis updates.

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Math, or related field is required.
• 3+ years of experience at health plans and/or providers.
• Experience in actuarial and/or analytics departments.
• Understanding of healthcare concepts, VBP, ACO REACH, Medicare, Medicaid, reconciliations, and revenue cycles.
• Previous working experience with healthcare data.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and express ideas to non-technical people.
• Advanced skills in Excel and SQL; basic skills in SAS.
• Experience with reporting and data visualization.

Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 annually.

Essen Health Care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.