Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Commence develops data-driven, healthcare-relevant solutions to improve care quality, efficiency, and health outcomes. The Health Data Analyst Intern supports the Data team with supervised entry-level data profiling, quality checks, SQL or scripting, documentation, descriptive reporting, and healthcare data research in a regulated environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist with data profiling and quality checks on assigned datasets, such as completeness, value range, duplicate, and consistency reviews
- Write and run basic SQL queries or simple Python or R scripts against defined datasets under supervision
- Help prepare descriptive summary tables, counts, and simple charts from specifications provided by the team
- Contribute to data dictionary and documentation entries, including field definitions and known data issues
- Research and summarize reference material such as CMS quality measure specifications or program documentation
- Support a scoped analysis or documentation project and share a summary/ presentation of the results with the team
- Observe and participate in team working sessions to build familiarity with how healthcare data moves through Commence programs
- Take on other related assignments appropriate to the intern’s experience level
- Complete all required onboarding, security awareness, and HIPAA privacy training prior to receiving data access
- Follow Commence data handling, privacy, and security policies at all times
- Perform assigned work under the direction and review of the supervising manager, and raise questions or data anomalies rather than resolving them independently
- Document work so that methods and results can be reviewed and reproduced by others
- Attend recurring check-ins and provide regular status updates to the supervising manager
- Maintain a consistent, agreed-upon schedule throughout the term
Skills
- Currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program in public health, health informatics, biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, statistics, economics, or a related field
- Completed coursework in statistics, data analysis, or database fundamentals
- Foundational proficiency in SQL and Microsoft Excel; introductory exposure to Python or R
- Clear written communication and demonstrated attention to detail; able to document work so that someone else can reproduce it
- Able to follow data handling, privacy, and security requirements, and to ask before acting when a requirement is unclear
- Legally authorized to work in the United States; must successfully complete a background check
- Familiarity with Medicare or Medicaid claims data, CMS programs, or healthcare quality measures
- Exposure to Databricks, Snowflake, Power BI, or Tableau
- Prior HIPAA or human subjects research training
- Coursework or a project involving health services research, health policy, or population health analytics
Benefits
- Remote position
- Required onboarding, security awareness, and HIPAA privacy training
- Commence-provided accounts and approved equipment
Company Overview