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　　Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare?

　　Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better foreveryone?

　　Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community?

　　Do you want to have fun at work?

　　Then join the growing team at Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG)that is transforming the delivery of healthcare in the United States!

　　HSAG Overview

　　Since our beginning in 1979, HSAG has been committed to improving thequality of healthcare services to achieve the best possible patientoutcomes. HSAG is nationally recognized as an industry leader in theareas of healthcare policy, measure development, and health servicesresearch. We are in search of individuals who are interested in a futurecareer in in health services researchin HSAG\'s Healthcare Policy andQuality Measurement (HPQM) Division. Together we can create positivechange to make healthcare better.

　　Summary

　　Internship Program Overview

　　This analyst internship opportunity is available to master\'s- ordoctoral-level students immediately post-graduation or during the lastsemester prior to graduation. The 3-6-month internship is paid, and eachintern will acquire competencies in at least one of the following coreareas:

　　Learn about national healthcare quality reporting including howquality measures are created, tested, evaluated, and implementedinto quality reporting programs.{=html}<>- Assist with analytic tasks such as data validation, developing and implementing analytic plans, cross referencing data, and producing operational reports.

　　{=html}<>- Obtain knowledge of a wide range of data types including (but not limited to) - survey - medical claims and encounters - prescription drug claims - eligibility/beneficiary - demographic - clinical - electronic health record - registry - vital statistics - operational

　　{=html}<>- Gain experience using statistical programming packages (SAS, Python) and working with CMS databases.

　　Essential Competencies, Duties and Responsibilities

　　Interns will be oriented to the core competencies. Once assigned to anHSAG project, each intern will:

　　Be assigned an HSAG mentor to serve as a day-to-day point ofcontact.Meet with the project team and begin participating in all projectteam meetings.Make presentations to project team and communicate project resultsto staff.Perform assignments and prepare work products that contribute to theoverall project.Examples of assignments include but are not limited to the following:

　　Assist with production of data submission reports for CMS qualityreporting programs.Review and update analytic plans based on requirements specific tothe quality reporting program.Perform ad-hoc analyses as required and support drafting of results,reports, and briefing papers.Represent HSAG in a professional manner, at all times.Compensation: \$20.00/\$25.00/hour

　　Job Requirements:

　　Education and/or Experience

　　A recent graduate or graduate student pursing a master\'s or doctoraldegree in a healthcare-related discipline such as public health,health informatics, health sciences, social science, business,economics, math, or statistics.

　　Other Qualifications

　　Familiarity with SAS software for statistical programming

　　If not experienced in SAS, must be willing to learn SAS during theinternship to produce reports, conduct and interpret primaryanalyses, and/or conduct secondary and exploratory analyses

　　The majority of HSA \'s analytic work is performed using SAS.

　　Proficient in identification, critical review, and synthesis ofscientific and policy-related healthcare literature.

　　Conceptualize and draft reports supported by tables, charts, andtext.

　　Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

　　Work Environment

　　The work environment characteristics described here are representativeof those an employee encounters while performing the essential functionsof this position

　　Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals withdisabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　HSAG All User Information Security Responsibilities

　　All workforce members, volunteers, contractors or third-party agents ofHSAG, Inc

　　who are authorized to access information systems and/or associatedcompany data on paper or in electronic format are responsible for thefollowing:

　　Adhering to policies, procedures and guidelines pertaining to theprotection of HSAG Company Data.Reporting actual or suspected breaches or vulnerabilities in theconfidentiality, integrity or availability of HSAG D