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Health Care Financial Analyst Intern

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Healthcare
    Banking & Finance
  • Boston

Requirements

  • Educational Foundation: Current student or recent graduate from an undergraduate or graduate program in health care administration, public health, accounting, business administration or management, public policy, or similar field.
  • Experience with financial documents: (e.g., audited financial statements) and knowledge of financial accounting concepts.
  • Effective Communication: Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to articulate complex technical issues clearly and persuasively. Engage partners and foster collaboration through compelling communication.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and as an independent: You will work as a team and independently to support the unit’s commitment to improving analytic approaches by identifying national best practices.

Responsibilities

  • As a Health Care Financial Analyst intern at CHIA, you will have the opportunity to:
  • Assist with the agency’s dedication to healthcare financial transparency:
  • Assist with financial performance analysis, including reporting on the performance of Massachusetts hospitals, hospital health systems, and related providers
  • Collaborate with other state agencies and CHIA departments:
  • Work with MassHealth on analysis to support its payment initiatives for hospitals. Additionally, the unit assists other CHIA teams to present comprehensive publications of the Massachusetts provider landscape.
  • Sharpen project management and editorial skills:
  • Assist with documentation of unit processes, review of financial data (including financial statements and cost reports), and developing graphics, dashboards, and charts for publications.
  • Hone your skills using statistical software (Excel, Tableau):
  • Create data subsets and summaries for use by other staff and provide support to those staff in the use of the data

Government
Industry
51-200
Employees

Mission & Purpose

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is an independent state agency established as the Commonwealth’s primary hub for health care data and a primary source of health care analytics that support policy development. CHIA's mission is to be the agency of record for Massachusetts health care information, to responsibly steward sensitive and confidential data, and to objectively report reliable and meaningful information about the quality, affordability, utilization, access, and outcomes of the Massachusetts health care system. Our vision is a transparent health care system where reliable information provides common ground for improvement and empowers people and organizations to make informed decisions. CHIA is actively committed to maintaining an empowered, effective, inclusive workforce that represents the diversity of the Commonwealth and a nurturing environment where all employees can perform at their best to serve the Commonwealth, the agency and themselves.