Network Pricing Consultant - Remote
ExecutivePlacements.com · Eden Prairie, MN · 4 wk ago
Management$73k–$130k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description paragraphs. We need to use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Application Deadline:" etc? That's application instructions; remove. Also remove EEO statements, drug-free workplace, etc. Also remove "At UnitedHealth Group, our mission..." etc. Also remove "We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable." Possibly keep? It's generic legal; maybe remove as boilerplate. Keep substantive info: description of role, responsibilities list, required qualifications, preferred qualifications, pay range, benefits mention.
We need to parse content.
Let's extract:
Intro: "Network Pricing Analyst Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together."
Then: "OptumRx is looking for a curious, adaptable, and self-motivated analyst to be part of our Network Pricing team. This is an intermediate analytics role where you will learn the business fundamentals of drug pricing and client performance management, the underlying data flows, and the tools and systems used in this type of financial analysis. The person in this role will work with and have regular exposure to analysts and projects in our global data science and network pricing teams. In addition, solid communication skills are important as this role partners with other departments including Underwriting, Contracting, Account Management, Operations and Tech teams to innovative new product offerings and effectively oversee client and pharmacy performance. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges."
Then "Position Description Supports and validates Provider Network (physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, ancillary facilities, etc.) contracting and unit cost management activities through financial and network pricing modeling, analysis, and reporting. Conducts unit cost and contract valuation analysis in support of network contracting negotiations and unit cost management strategies. Manage unit cost budgets, target setting, performance reporting, and associated financial models"
Then "Primary Responsibilities" list: many bullet-like sentences. We'll need to convert to
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Application Deadline:" etc? That's application instructions; remove. Also remove EEO statements, drug-free workplace, etc. Also remove "At UnitedHealth Group, our mission..." etc. Also remove "We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable." Possibly keep? It's generic legal; maybe remove as boilerplate. Keep substantive info: description of role, responsibilities list, required qualifications, preferred qualifications, pay range, benefits mention.
We need to parse content.
Let's extract:
Intro: "Network Pricing Analyst Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together."
Then: "OptumRx is looking for a curious, adaptable, and self-motivated analyst to be part of our Network Pricing team. This is an intermediate analytics role where you will learn the business fundamentals of drug pricing and client performance management, the underlying data flows, and the tools and systems used in this type of financial analysis. The person in this role will work with and have regular exposure to analysts and projects in our global data science and network pricing teams. In addition, solid communication skills are important as this role partners with other departments including Underwriting, Contracting, Account Management, Operations and Tech teams to innovative new product offerings and effectively oversee client and pharmacy performance. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges."
Then "Position Description Supports and validates Provider Network (physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, ancillary facilities, etc.) contracting and unit cost management activities through financial and network pricing modeling, analysis, and reporting. Conducts unit cost and contract valuation analysis in support of network contracting negotiations and unit cost management strategies. Manage unit cost budgets, target setting, performance reporting, and associated financial models"
Then "Primary Responsibilities" list: many bullet-like sentences. We'll need to convert to - .
Let's extract each responsibility sentence:
- Support the development of new products or strategic initiatives aimed at reducing the total cost of care
- Represent Network Pricing in cross functional meetings (governance, strategy discussions, client implementations)
- Transforms data into meaningful and easy to understand insights for various audiences
- Create specifications to bring data into a common structure, create product specifications and models, developing data solutions to support data analysis
- Partner with stakeholders to understand data requirements and business needs and develop tools and models, and to assist building of dashboards and data visualizations
- Develop insights and proposals for improved business processes to enable speedy deployment and testing of future projects
- Build operational workflows, documentation and QA controls for repeatable and compliant pricing execution
- Product, service, or process decisions are most likely to impact multiple groups of employees and/or customers (internal or external)
- Lead and perform financial analysis and modeling as it relates to setting prescription drug prices
- Monitor pricing performance against financial targets, approve deviations, and adjust strategies as necessary.
- Perform data mining, claims research, and QA drilling down on drivers associated to client performance
- Prepare regular and ad hoc reports on pricing performance, financial outcomes, and client reporting
- Concisely summarize and communicate complex concepts, statistical findings and conclusions in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
- Translate and decipher contract language as it relates to client commitments and reconciliation
- Proactively identify and resolve issues
- Partner with other departments including Underwriting, Legal, Operations, and Account Management to effectively oversee client performance management
- Conduct or support market intelligence research for competitive drug costs, including supply chain, insured benefits, discount card (i.e. cash card), NADAC, and other reference points
- Enhance and utilize pricing trackers and tools to forecast trends and recommend adjustments for new product offering
Then after responsibilities: "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." This is more like benefits? Could be part of Benefits? But it's generic. Might be considered Benefits? But we only include Benefits if posting actually states them. It mentions rewarded and recognized, development for other roles. Could be considered Benefits but it's vague. Might skip.
Then "Required Qualifications" list:
- 5+ years of analytical experience in financial analysis, healthcare pricing, network management, healthcare economics, or related discipline
- 2+ years of experience in creating and using financial modeling tools, spreadsheets, and information acquisition tools including experience in interpreting and/or displaying financial modeling results to inform actionable decisions
- Advanced proficiency in performing financial impact analysis, risk management, and data manipulation
Then "Preferred Qualifications":
- Previous Healthcare or PBM experience
- Experience in product development or supporting new service offerings
- Proficiency in SQL, Python and/or Tableau
- Proven solid written and verbal communication skills
Then "Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment."
Thus we have Pay section with range. Benefits section: comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution.
Schedule: mention flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. That's schedule/location. Could be Schedule section: remote work flexibility. We'll include Schedule.
About the role: we can combine intro paragraphs into About the role.
We must not include headings with filler. Ensure each heading has substantive content.
We'll output:
About the role
... paragraphs ...
Responsibilities
- ... each ...
Required Qualifications
- ... each ...
Preferred Qualifications
- ... each ...
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
Pay
The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment.
Schedule
Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.
We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we didn't include boilerplate like "You'll be rewarded and recognized..." maybe we could include under Benefits? But it's not explicit benefits; it's more about recognition and development. Could be considered Benefits but we already have benefits list. Might add "Recognition and development opportunities" as benefit. But the posting says: "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." That's more like benefits/recognition. Could add to Benefits list: "Performance-based recognition and development opportunities". However we need to avoid inventing. It's stated, so we can include. But we already have incentive and recognition programs; that covers recognition. Development opportunities maybe separate. Could add "Development opportunities for other roles". Might be okay.
But to keep simple, we can keep Benefits as listed: comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, 401k contribution. The phrase "You'll be rewarded and recognized..." is covered by incentive and recognition programs.
Now ensure we didn't include any EEO etc.
Now produce HTML fragment only.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro paragraphs into a concise paragraph preserving all substantive info. Must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can't omit details. But we can combine sentences; that's okay as long as we keep all info. Let's include:
"Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. OptumRx is looking for a curious, adaptable, and self-motivated analyst to be part of our Network Pricing team. This is an intermediate analytics role where you will learn the business fundamentals of drug pricing and client performance management, the underlying data flows, and the tools and systems used in this type of financial analysis. The person in this role will work with and have regular exposure to analysts and projects in our global data science and network pricing teams. In addition, solid communication skills are important as this role partners with other departments including Underwriting, Contracting, Account Management, Operations and Tech teams to innovative new product offerings and effectively oversee client and pharmacy performance. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges."
That's all substantive.
Now Responsibilities list: we need to ensure each bullet is a sentence from the list. We'll include all.
Now Required Qualifications list: three bullets.
Preferred Qualifications list: four bullets.
Benefits list: four bullets.
Pay: one paragraph.
Schedule: one paragraph.
Now output.
Check for any leftover boilerplate like "Position Description" etc. We incorporated that into About the role? Actually we didn't include the Position Description sentences: "Supports and validates Provider Network (physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, ancillary facilities, etc.) contracting and unit cost management activities through financial and network pricing modeling, analysis, and reporting. Conducts unit cost and contract valuation analysis in support of network contracting negotiations and unit cost management strategies. Manage unit cost budgets, target setting, performance reporting, and associated financial models". Those are substantive; we missed them. Need to include them somewhere, likely under About the role or Responsibilities. They are more like role description. Could add to About the role after the intro. Let's incorporate them into About the role paragraph.
Thus About the role will include those sentences as well.
Let's rewrite About the role to include all:
"Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. OptumRx is looking for a curious, adaptable, and self-motivated analyst to be part of our Network Pricing team. This is an intermediate analytics role where you will learn the business
About the role
... paragraphs ...
Responsibilities
- ... each ...
Required Qualifications
- ... each ...
Preferred Qualifications
- ... each ...
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
Pay
The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment.
Schedule
Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.
We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we didn't include boilerplate like "You'll be rewarded and recognized..." maybe we could include under Benefits? But it's not explicit benefits; it's more about recognition and development. Could be considered Benefits but we already have benefits list. Might add "Recognition and development opportunities" as benefit. But the posting says: "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." That's more like benefits/recognition. Could add to Benefits list: "Performance-based recognition and development opportunities". However we need to avoid inventing. It's stated, so we can include. But we already have incentive and recognition programs; that covers recognition. Development opportunities maybe separate. Could add "Development opportunities for other roles". Might be okay. But to keep simple, we can keep Benefits as listed: comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, 401k contribution. The phrase "You'll be rewarded and recognized..." is covered by incentive and recognition programs. Now ensure we didn't include any EEO etc. Now produce HTML fragment only. Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro paragraphs into a concise paragraph preserving all substantive info. Must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can't omit details. But we can combine sentences; that's okay as long as we keep all info. Let's include: "Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. OptumRx is looking for a curious, adaptable, and self-motivated analyst to be part of our Network Pricing team. This is an intermediate analytics role where you will learn the business fundamentals of drug pricing and client performance management, the underlying data flows, and the tools and systems used in this type of financial analysis. The person in this role will work with and have regular exposure to analysts and projects in our global data science and network pricing teams. In addition, solid communication skills are important as this role partners with other departments including Underwriting, Contracting, Account Management, Operations and Tech teams to innovative new product offerings and effectively oversee client and pharmacy performance. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges." That's all substantive. Now Responsibilities list: we need to ensure each bullet is a sentence from the list. We'll include all. Now Required Qualifications list: three bullets. Preferred Qualifications list: four bullets. Benefits list: four bullets. Pay: one paragraph. Schedule: one paragraph. Now output. Check for any leftover boilerplate like "Position Description" etc. We incorporated that into About the role? Actually we didn't include the Position Description sentences: "Supports and validates Provider Network (physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, ancillary facilities, etc.) contracting and unit cost management activities through financial and network pricing modeling, analysis, and reporting. Conducts unit cost and contract valuation analysis in support of network contracting negotiations and unit cost management strategies. Manage unit cost budgets, target setting, performance reporting, and associated financial models". Those are substantive; we missed them. Need to include them somewhere, likely under About the role or Responsibilities. They are more like role description. Could add to About the role after the intro. Let's incorporate them into About the role paragraph. Thus About the role will include those sentences as well. Let's rewrite About the role to include all: "Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. OptumRx is looking for a curious, adaptable, and self-motivated analyst to be part of our Network Pricing team. This is an intermediate analytics role where you will learn the business