Healthcare Researcher

Summary

Join Garner Health, a rapidly growing healthcare company, and play a crucial role in developing and maintaining proprietary claims-based physician performance measures. You will conduct literature reviews, create and validate measures using proprietary tools, and maintain documentation for stakeholders. Collaboration with clinical experts and various teams is essential for new product development. This position requires a strong biostatistics and epidemiological background, experience with health insurance claims data, and basic coding skills. The ideal candidate possesses a strong interest in healthcare and a desire to contribute to improving the US healthcare system. Garner offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year working with health insurance claims data or electronic health record (EHR) data
• Working knowledge of how to utilize ICD and CPT codes, as well as their limitations
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Strong biostatistics and epidemiological background required
• Basic coding experience (SQL, Python, Stata, R, or SAS) required
• Strong interest in healthcare and clinical best practices research
• An aptitude to learn new technologies and tools quickly
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• A desire to work in a rapidly evolving startup environment, and be a part of our mission to improve the value and quality of the US healthcare system

Responsibilities

• Conduct literature reviews to help develop and refine metrics for a range of medical conditions and procedures
• Create and validate measures using proprietary technical and statistical tools
• Maintain a library of documentation for internal and external stakeholders
• Work closely with clinical experts
• Collaborate with product, data science, and engineering teams to support new product development, figuring out creative ways to use the metrics we have developed to save the US healthcare system money and help improve quality of care for patients

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree or above in public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, or related fields preferred

Benefits

• Equity incentive
• Competitive benefits plans