Business Intelligence Specialist - Decision Support

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region.

Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and qua ternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center.

UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

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Incumbent is responsible for complex analytical support on payor and provider contract negotiations on behalf of UCI Health, comprised of both the Medical Center and Faculty physicians. Incumbent is responsible for creating complex models to assess and/or develop innovative, forward-thinking hospital and physician reimbursement structures. Incumbent will assist the Director of Contracting and UCI Health Executive Leadership in their decision-making process and provide recommendations to optimize financial and contractual outcomes of negotiations.

The incumbent participates in negotiations and interacts with health plans, vendors, and other departments within the organization to ensure integrity and effectiveness of financial models and data.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong financial, analytical and planning skills to effectively evaluate projects and new business opportunities
• Strong commitment to the values of the organization:
  Academic Achievement, Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum 3 years' experience working in contracting for a health plan, medical group or hospital, or an equivalent combination of work experience performing high level data analysis
• Experience in contract modeling and/or reimbursement modeling
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Healthcare Management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in an academic medical setting
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during…