Research Consultant - Remote

Research Consultant - Remote at UnitedHealth Group

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. OptumServe Consulting (OSC)/The Lewin Group (Lewin), a premier national healthcare and human services consulting and policy analysis firm, brings more than 50 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. OSC/Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients: Improve policy and expand knowledge of healthcare and human service systems Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of healthcare and family services Deal with shifts in healthcare practice, technology, and regulation Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations, governments, and people to make healthcare and human services systems more effective Currently, OSC/Lewin has more than 250 consultants drawn from industry, government, and academia. They all share a strong commitment to Lewin's core values of objectivity, integrity, analytical innovation, vision, and dedication to client satisfaction. As a Research Consultant, you will perform a variety of research and analysis tasks to support consulting projects for federal and state governments, health plans, associations and foundations, hospitals, and health systems. OSC/Lewin is looking for a detail-oriented individual to work with its project teams supporting the identification of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in government health programs. Lewin assists state and federal administrations such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in evaluating and optimizing healthcare program operations through a combination of analytic and policy-driven research, modeling, and reporting. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Embrace the use of quantitative and qualitative skills to understand the driving factors of FWA in the government space Perform a variety of research and consulting tasks, including data review and analysis Contribute critical thinking and problem-solving skills to develop creative and innovative solutions Improve existing project deliverables and perform ad hoc analyses based on client need Manage time effectively across multiple projects or tasks, with different managers and competing priorities Maintain a high degree of accuracy, along with attention to detail, excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to always meet deadlines 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.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university and two or more years of experience performing qualitative and/or quantitative analysis, overseeing day-to-day management of project tasks and preparing presentations and reports for clients Or a Master's degree from an accredited college/university Academic and/or work experience