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Company Name : State of Colorado Job Opportunities
Location : Colorado
Position : Business Analyst (REMOTE WORK OPTION IN-STATE)
Job Description : Department Information
STATE OF COLORADO RESIDENCY REQUIRED: OPTION FOR REMOTE WORK IN STATE
NOTE: This announcement may be used to fill multiple openings.
This position is term-limited through March 31, 2024.
The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) oversees and operates Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program), Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), and other state public health programs for qualified Coloradans. Our mission is to improve health care equity, access and outcomes for the people we serve while saving Coloradans money on health care and driving value for Colorado.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
As part of the State of Colorado, HCPF offers a competitive benefits package:
PERA retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan, PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
Automatic Short-Term and Optional Long-Term Disability Coverage
Life and AD&D Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) job protection and State of Colorado Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML)
10 Paid Holidays Annually and Accrued Annual and Sick Leave
Accrued Sick Leave for State of Colorado Temporary Employees
Flexplace and Flextime work arrangements
Variety of discounts on services and products available through the State of Colorado’s Work-Life Employment Discount Program
Free RTD EcoPass to all eligible State Employees
Reduced college tuition through CSU Global
Credit Union of Colorado Membership Eligibility
We are looking for two Business Analysts to join the Health Information Office (HIO)! One will focus on Long-Term Services & Supports, and one will focus on Community First Choice.
HIO develops, implements, and maintains the Department’s Health Information Technology (Health IT) and related Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, while coordinating with the Governor’s Office of Information Technology and other stakeholders on Health IT and IT projects that impact the Department. Major responsibilities of the Health Information Office include enhancing and maintaining the Department’s health care claims payment system (Medicaid Management Information System or MMIS) and client eligibility system (Colorado Benefits Management System or CBMS) by developing requirements documentation, reviewing detailed system design approaches, proposing systems solutions to program staff and implementing systems solutions to support Department initiatives. In addition to aligning the Department’s infrastructure, this Office creates a foundation for emerging Health IT solutions that will be necessary to implement the Department’s transformational vision for the future of Medicaid.
This position was created by federal legislation through H.R. 1319,
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
This position can work fully remotely from anywhere in the State of Colorado.
**Please note – equipment provisioning and certain onboarding tasks will take place in person, in our downtown Denver office, on the first day of employment.**
Description of Job
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING AS BUSINESS ANALYST:
Serve as Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice MMIS Member Eligibility Staff Authority for the interChange Systems Division of the Health Information Office (HIO).
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice member eligibility policy and processes that impact the interChange system, make recommendations that support interChange system changes related to these policies and processes, and to be continually responsible for the work product related to member eligibility for ARPA projects.
Elicit, interview, and document Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice policies, rules, regulations and business requirements supporting Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice member benefits and programs.
Support efforts to define the Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice benefit plan and claim processes, and transitions the information for operational readiness and the maintenance and operations phase.
Maintain expertise in the technical aspects of Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice member programs and benefit plans and communicates and directs efforts with the Stakeholders, the interChange vendor and the Medicaid Operations Office Eligibility Teams to ensure the MMIS Member subsystem is aligned with HCPF, CBMS and Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice requirements.
Ensuring accurate installation of Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice programs which do not receive the same enhanced match as Medicaid and CHP+, so Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice services must be uniquely identified to maintain enhanced Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for the Medicaid and CHP+ program.
HIO Systems Division Staff authority of Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice member benefit plans and the system functions that support these benefit plans in order to analyze and conceptualize theories and principles tailored to fit Long-Term Services & Support or Community First Choice.
Ensure system change is documented and traceable from scope and requirements, to design and testing.
Communicate and escalate any system changes or issues that could result in audits or loss of FFP due to noncompliance with federal laws and rules.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
HERE’S WHAT WE NEED YOU TO HAVE:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in health care administration, business administration, computer information systems or a field of study related to the work assignment (business or business systems)
AND
Three years of professional experience performing business analyst duties such as documenting business requirements, managing project scope and supporting requirements validation.
Substitutions:
Additional appropriate experience will substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.
Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
HERE’S WHAT WE’D LIKE YOU TO HAVE:
Preferred Qualifications:
Professional relevant state experience
Professional experience
Working as a systems business analyst
Documenting business requirements for large-scale medical claims processing system or medical information system
Stakeholder management, risk management or project management
Working for or in partnership with a State Medicaid Agency
Skills, Qualities & Attributes:
Excellent written communication skills
Enjoys building professional relationships
Enjoys multitasking and problem solving
Proficient using Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace
Comfortable with virtual/remote collaboration
Resourceful, curious, creative
Definition of Professional Experience: Work that involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment, personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor’s or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
All positions at HCPF are security sensitive positions and require that the individuals undergo a criminal record background check as a condition of employment.
Employees who have been disciplinary terminated, resigned in lieu of disciplinary termination, or negotiated their termination from the State of Colorado must disclose this information on the application.
Effective September 20, 2021, employees will be required to attest to and verify whether or not they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Employees who have not been fully vaccinated may be required to submit to serial testing in the future. Upon hire, new employees will have three (3) business days to provide attestation to their status with proof of vaccination. Vaccinated employees must provide proof of vaccination.
Note: Fully Vaccinated means two (2) weeks after a second dose in a two-dose series of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two (2) weeks after the single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine, as defined by the most recent State of Colorado’s Public Health Order and current guidance issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment.
This is a term-limited position with funding through March 31, 2024. Successful candidates will sign a Waiver of Retention Rights and normal personnel rules regarding retention will not apply.
APPEAL RIGHTS:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
Supplemental Information
HOW TO APPLY (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)
Please note that ONLY your State of Colorado job application will be reviewed during the initial screening; if you submit a resume and cover letter, they will be reviewed in later stages of the selection process. Therefore, it is paramount that you clearly describe all your relevant experience on the application itself. Applications left blank or marked “SEE RESUME” will not be considered.
Your application will be reviewed against the minimum qualifications for the position. If your application demonstrates that you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be invited to the comparative analysis process, which is described below.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PROCESS
The comparative analysis process will consist primarily of a review of applications against the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position. Applications will be reviewed in comparison to all others in the applicant pool in order to identify a top group of candidates who may be invited for a final interview. Depending on the size of the applicant pool, additional selection processes may be utilized to identify a top group of candidates. Applicants will be notified of their status via email.
Failure to submit properly completed documents by the closing date will result in your application being rejected.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
ADAAA ACCOMMODATIONS
The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Virginia Miller, at virginia.miller@state.co.us.
The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing does not offer sponsored visas for employment purposes.
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