Serves as technical lead for the planning, designing, and coordinating of theanalytical reporting methods for health care analysis activities and projects. Assistsin the coordination the design of analytical reporting methodologies with end users atall levels.Ensures the technical development, testing, and documentation of the dataanalysis solution meets the company’s and customer’s satisfaction. Writes or revisesstatistical software programs using SAS or other statistical software. May developand update documents pertaining to system or software. Implements relationaldatabase design and modeling using the appropriate relational database software.Serves as a lead resource for internal teams and external clients mentoring andguiding work.Researches and develops optimal methods of presentation of results and makesrecommendations for improvements. Stays abreast of statistical technology andreporting methods. Directs the evaluation of various software to determine the mostappropriate to use in project analysis and makes recommendations to managementfor improvements.

Design optimal methodologies for statistical analyses and reporting including sampling, data collection tool design, validation and reliability methods, experimental design, statistical modeling, data communication and pattern analysis; provides recommendations to company management.Interpret and draw conclusions on analysis results; integrate analysis results into activities and/or projects; provide statistical/data analysis education and consultation to project team members; draft various types of documentation describing analysis techniques.Create analysis tools for retrieving information including programming of statistical software programs; maximize tools for efficiency in data collection by staying abreast of new technologies.Researche and archive internal and external data sources for use in analysis activities; manage and monitor the integrity of data ensuring quality and accuracy; serve as a technical resource to physicians and company management regarding the availability and reliability of data sources.

* Advise cleansing, conversion, standardization, and analysis of raw administrative data sets – including medical, professional, pharmacy, and dental claims - of various insurance companies, data vendor, format, and size stored on a remote computer using GoToMyPC.* Provide on-demand analytic consultation to the epidemiologist/principal investigator.

* Provide analytic services to multidisciplinary teams across various settings/topics/projects, including healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), healthcare acquired conditions (HACs), Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI), Home Health Quality Initiative (HHQI), drug safety, utilization review, and Hospital Payment Monitoring Program (HPMP).* Collaborate with other clinical professionals (physicians, nurses, therapists, pharmacists) in a confidential and continuous quality improvement environment as directed by CMS.* Apply QI techniques in project management and performance improvement* Use SAS (Base, Stat, SQL) to integrate and analyze very large claims, membership, review, and/or surveillance data sets stored in the data warehouses; use SAS macro for automated data processing.* Create SAS-Excel applications for large-volume report production.* Participate in business development, project management, and proposal preparation.* Generate hospital and clinician feedback reports based on administrative data.* Convey information using visual presentations, including MS Excel charts and geographic information system (GIS), to assist problem solving, support decisions, and prompt actions.* Develop and/or adopt data analytics to set and monitor performance measures.* Produce and review reports and technical papers, and make presentations at professional meetings.* Make strategic recommendations to teams and management to increase operational success.* Collaborate with fellow analysts at other organizations to enhance analytic capabilities.* Facilitate impact and surveillance analyses for trends and patterns at state/provider level.* Provide technical assistance in data collection, analyses, and reports to external customers.

Director, Analytic & Evaluative Services, Feb. 1999 - Feb.2000Acting Associate Director, Analytic & Evaluative Services, Nov. 1998 - Jan.1999Senior Research Analyst, Analytic & Evaluative Services, Aug. 1997 - Oct. 1998Research Support Analyst, Information Systems, Dec. 1995 - July 1997Research Analyst, Information Systems, April 1995 - Nov.1995* Perform data mining of claims and special-project data using SPSS Clementine.* Support network and database administrators in a backup role (1995-1997).* Additional responsibilities continued as a Research Associate at Primaris (2000-2014).

* Conduct special projects and research involving collection, analysis, and reporting of data.* Prepare periodic and special reports including tables, graphics, charts and explanatory text.* Assist the Quality Assurance Officer in the implementation of continuous quality improvement.