Data Analyst

Role overview

Urology Centers of Alabama is looking for a highly analytical, detail-focused Data Analyst to support a large urology group with 30 shareholders, along with integrated medical oncology, radiation oncology, and several ancillary service lines. The position centers on turning clinical, operational, and financial data into practical insights that improve performance, efficiency, and strategic decision-making.

The ideal candidate will already be comfortable working with healthcare data environments, including practice management systems, electronic health records, and oncology-specific platforms.

Data management and integration

• Pull, check, and combine data from multiple sources, including Allscripts for practice management, Veradigm for EHR, and ARIA for radiation oncology.
• Build and support reliable data pipelines and standardized reporting datasets.
• Protect data quality, consistency, and compliance with healthcare rules, including HIPAA.

Reporting and analytics

• Create and maintain dashboards and reports covering provider productivity such as wRVUs, encounters, and procedures.
• Track financial performance indicators like collections, charges, payer mix, and denials.
• Monitor radiation oncology utilization and throughput.
• Analyze medical oncology infusion activity and performance.
• Evaluate ancillary service lines such as imaging, lab, and pharmacy.
• Provide scheduled and ad hoc reporting for physicians, executives, and operational leaders.
• Spot patterns, irregularities, and improvement opportunities in the data.

Operational and financial analysis

• Review revenue cycle performance, including charge capture, coding patterns, denial trends, and reimbursement improvement opportunities.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning work.
• Collaborate with leadership to assess service line profitability and possible growth areas.

Clinical and quality analytics

• Support quality reporting and value-based care efforts.
• Examine clinical outcomes, treatment trends, and patient flow.
• Help with registry reporting and compliance-related metrics where needed.

Stakeholder collaboration

• Work side by side with physicians, administrators, billing staff, and IT teams.
• Convert complex information into straightforward, actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
• Act as a bridge between clinical operations and technical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Health Informatics, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in healthcare data analytics, with multi-specialty or oncology exposure preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience using data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Experience with EHR and practice management systems, ideally in Allscripts and Veradigm environments.
• Good understanding of healthcare operational and financial measures such as wRVUs, CPT/ICD coding, and revenue cycle concepts.

Preferred qualifications

• Background in oncology workflows, including medical oncology and/or radiation oncology.
• Exposure to radiation oncology data structures such as ARIA.
• Knowledge of ETL workflows and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with population health or value-based care analytics.
• Certification in healthcare analytics or data tools, such as CHDA, Power BI, or Tableau.

Key strengths for success

• Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving ability.
• High attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Comfort working with large, complex datasets.
• Clear communication and the ability to tell the story behind the data.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, physician-led environment.

Why this role matters

This position is important to the success of a high-volume specialty practice that spans urology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. The Data Analyst will have a direct impact on financial performance, operational efficiency, and patient care quality through data-driven recommendations.

Additional information

This is a full-time, onsite role based in Birmingham, Alabama. No salary, stipend, number of openings, start date, or application deadline was specified in the source information.