Data Analyst

# Data Analyst Kodiak Community Health Center - Kodiak, AK 99615## Overview Salary Range $22.00 - $25.00 Hourly## FQHC Data Analyst Kodiak Community Health Center is seeking an experienced
** Data Analyst
** to support data-driven decision-making across our Federally Qualified Health Center. The ideal candidate will have
** previous FQHC experience
** and a strong understanding of healthcare data, reporting, quality measures, and operational performance. This role works closely with clinical, operational, financial, and leadership teams to turn complex data into clear, actionable information that supports quality patient care and organizational goals.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Data Analyst position is responsible for collecting, processing, validating, and performing statistical analyses of data. They will work with management, leadership, Quality Department and/or the EHR Specialist (ESA) to determine and prioritize business and information needs. The Data Analyst will then acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and interpret that data, providing reports to management and leadership. Best practices will be employed to analyze large amounts of data while maintaining intense attention to detail and data integrity.

The overarching role of the Data Analyst is to review data from primary or secondary data sources, interpret and analyze the data to help improve overall quality while maintaining strong attention to detail to share/present the data to management and leadership. The Data Analyst supports clinical, operational, financial, regulatory, and quality improvement initiatives across the organization through accurate data analysis and reporting.

This role reports to the Quality Director, or QA Manager when the Quality Director is unavailable.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Acts as a member of the KCHC Healthcare Team in the provision of health services to individuals, families, and/or their communities. Works collaboratively with other members of the KCHC Healthcare Team to accomplish shared goals within and across settings to achieve coordinated, high-quality care.  
1. Gather and interpret data, analyzing results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.  
2. Import, clean, transform, validate or model data with the purpose of understanding or making conclusions from the data for decision making purposes as well as improving data quality.  
3. Provide concise data reports and clear data visualizations for management through charts, graphs, or tables and identify reporting improvements.  
4. Knowledge and familiarization with Microsoft Office programs to effectively produce reports.  
5. Analyze and interpret results using standard statistical tools and techniques.  
6. Assist in planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining data requirements for clinic quality improvement programs, compliance programs or research projects.  
7. Monitor established core measures, quality, and productivity reports. Present the data as necessary.  
8. Review supporting programs that focus on improved outcomes of patient care, patient safety, healthcare delivery systems, EHR, patient billing, quality improvement, patient population, compliance, and grant reporting.  
9. Collaborate with clinical, operational, billing, and leadership teams to improve workflows, documentation practices, and data quality. 10. Responsible for data generation and validation for reporting to Federal/State and private organizations as needed, such as grant reporting, Medicaid/Medicare reporting and insurance reporting. 11. Manage data in KCHC programs such as Epic, Acuere, Crystal Reports, and Business Objects.
12. Utilize reporting databases such as HRSA’s EHB, UDS and NCQA PCMH.  13. Compile data for Provider…