Senior Healthcare Data Analyst, Provider Network - Kelsey Seybold, Pearland, TX

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation’s leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

 

The Sr. Data Analyst supports financial and operational performance across Commercial, Medicare Advantage and ACA Marketplace products within the Texas market. This role focuses on analyzing medical costs, utilization, and provider network performance to drive strategic decision-making, ensure regulatory compliance (TDI and CMS), and optimize financial outcomes.

 

The analyst partners closely with payor strategy, finance, actuarial, and clinical operations to evaluate provider performance, support contract negotiations, and ensure network adequacy while balancing cost, access, and quality. This role is expected to leverage advanced analytics and emerging AI-enabled tools to improve data efficiency, enhance predictive insights, and support informed financial and network strategy decisions while ensuring data governance and regulatory compliance

 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

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Job Details
Job: Data Analytics
Primary Location: US-TX-Pearland
Organization: Kelsey-Seybold
Schedule: Full-time
Number of Openings: 1