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Presbyterian is seeking a talented Medical Economic Manager.

This position will play a consultative role in helping to set the strategy and pricing and will be the financial expert within the product line. Position will work closely with pricing, clinical operations, provider network, provider contracting, and finance. Interpret, analyze, communicate and provide strategies related to the overall plan results of for a specific product line (i.e. Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid).  Will include identifying medical and pharmacy cost trend drivers, including but not limited to, impacts from: clinical programs, contracting changes, provider network changes, geographical variation, medical cost initiatives and underlying population health. Identify opportunities for potential cost savings/revenue enhances/profitable growth opportunities.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Acts as a consultant role in helping to set the strategy benefit design and pricing, as the financial expert within each product line.

• Proactively prioritize financial time-sensitive requests for information with finite resources.

• Present complex information in a compelling/articulate format/manner and will conduct ongoing performance and analytic reviews with a cross functional teams, including senior leadership and Medical Directors.

• Conduct research on health economic issues and trends and benchmarks. Educates internal and external customers on healthcare costs, utilization, and trends and how they relate to the effective management

• Reviews monthly reserve analysis (IBNR) and provides input regarding emerging trends, contract changes and other drivers of trend that could impact the monthly reserve analysis (IBNR).

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in healthcare, accounting, finance or other quantitative/related field. 

• 6 years healthcare industry experience specifically medical economics/ interpreting/ analyzing product performance.

• Must have solid knowledge of most aspects of health plan operations and direct analytics experience working with most areas including but not limited to: medical management programs, population health programs, utilization management, care coordination, reimbursement methodologies, provider contracting including incentive strategies and value based reimbursement, claims payment, system configuration, sales/employer group reporting, premium development, finance and actuarial.

• Solid knowledge of healthcare industry and healthcare information standards such as ICD9/10, CPT codes, HCPCS codes, MS-DRG, ETGs, RBRVS, Utilization per K, PMPM, etc.

• Technical Skills: must possess strong technical skills in Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint) as well as experience using analytical/reporting applications such as Business Objects or other BI tools. Experience preparing Power Point presentations/ visualization of complex information in a simplified yet powerful manner.

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

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Why work at Presbyterian?
As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

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