Senior Associate, Medical Economics

Hopscotch Health

Sr. Associate role transforming FP&A and analytics data into insights for rural healthcare performance.

Posted 7/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in healthcare analytics and medical economics, with a strong focus on SQL, Power BI, and Excel for data analysis and reporting. Capable of translating complex business questions into actionable insights while collaborating across clinical, operations, and finance teams.

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Healthcare AnalyticsSQL ProficiencyPower BI ExpertiseMedical EconomicsData Integration

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Hard Skills

SQLPower BIExcelHealthcare Claims DataData ModelingStatistical AnalysisCohort ForecastingCost CategorizationChange ManagementFinancial Analysis

Soft Skills

Data PresentationCommunicationCollaborationAnalytical ThinkingProblem Solving

Industry Keywords

Healthcare EconomicsPayer DataUtilization ManagementRisk AdjustmentValue-Based CareCost DriversFinancial PerformancePro Forma AnalysisROI AnalysisEmerging Trends

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the in-house build of Hopscotch’s cost categorization capability – including customizations, updates for new code and mappings, and change management.
Own the ongoing maintenance, enhancements, governance, change control, and documentation for Hopscotch’s payer data and cost categorization capabilities.
Build and maintain the medical economics reporting suite (e.g., SQL, PBI, Excel) and support IBNR estimation, cohort forecasting, and paid-risk pacing.
Review monthly outputs to surface cost drivers and emerging trends, distinguishing real movement from the impact of incomplete claims and statistical noise.
Analyze medical cost trend across factors such as unit cost, utilization, mix; and enrich claims with EHR, eligibility, provider, and risk adjustment data to explain population-level trends and financial performance.
Work with medical economics and finance leadership to identify and complete high-impact analyses, including pro forma and ROI for medical cost initiatives.
Partner across Clinical, Operations, and Finance to translate business questions into analyses, ensure results flow accurately into management reporting, and build repeatable analytic processes that scale across programs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Health Informatics, Actuarial Science, or a related quantitative field.
3+ years of experience in healthcare analytics or medical economics (payer, provider, health system, ACO, or VBC).
High proficiency in SQL, Power BI, and Excel.
Hands-on experience with healthcare claims data, and combining data sources (claims, eligibility, EHR, risk adjustment).
Familiarity with healthcare financial and utilization concepts (e.g., PMPM, MLR, utilization per 1,000, trend, risk adjustment)
Experience with maturing data models, identifying improvement opportunities while still generating value from nascent datasets.
Experience presenting and communicating data-driven insights to functional leaders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid holidays + PTO
Company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance for you + your family
FREE short-term and long-term disability insurance
FREE $100k life insurance policy
401k plan with 4% company match + no vesting period
$720 - $1,000 added to employee Health Savings Account annually for eligible health plans
And more!