Job DetailsAre you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare?Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone?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 OverviewSince our beginning in 1979, HSAG has been committed to improving the quality of healthcare services to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. HSAG is nationally recognized as an industry leader in the areas of healthcare policy, measure development, and health services research. We are in search of individuals who are interested in a future career in in health services researchin HSAG's Healthcare Policy and Quality Measurement (HPQM) Division. Together we can create positive change to make healthcare better.SummaryInternship Program OverviewThis analyst internship opportunity is available to master's- or doctoral-level students immediately post-graduation or during the last semester prior to graduation. The 3-6-month internship is paid, and each intern will acquire competencies in at least one of the following core areas:* Learn about national healthcare quality reporting including how quality measures are created, tested, evaluated, and implemented into quality reporting programs.* Assist with analytic tasks such as data validation, developing and implementing analytic plans, cross referencing data, and producing operational reports.* 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* Gain experience using statistical programming packages (SAS, Python) and working with CMS databases.Essential Competencies, Duties and ResponsibilitiesInterns will be oriented to the core competencies. Once assigned to an HSAG project, each intern will:* Be assigned an HSAG mentor to serve as a day-to-day point of contact.* Meet with the project team and begin participating in all project team meetings.* Make presentations to project team and communicate project results to staff.* Perform assignments and prepare work products that contribute to the overall project.Examples of assignments include but are not limited to the following:* Assist with production of data submission reports for CMS quality reporting programs.* Review and update analytic plans based on requirements specific to the 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/hourJob Requirements:Education and/or ExperienceA recent graduate or graduate student pursing a master's or doctoral degree 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 programmingIf not experienced in SAS, must be willing to learn SAS during the internship to produce reports, conduct and interpret primary analyses, and/or conduct secondary and exploratory analysesThe majority of HSAG's analytic work is performed using SAS.* Proficient in identificatioApply here: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjU2MTExLjEwNTA4QGhzYWdjb21wLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ