Thomson Healthcare Opportunities with SAS
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The Thomson Corporation is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
Thomson Healthcare is the leading provider of decision support solutions that help organizations across the healthcare industry improve clinical and business performance. Thomson Healthcare products and services help professionals and stakeholders understand healthcare markets, access medical and drug information, manage costs, and improve the quality of healthcare.
Thomson Healthcare is consistently seeking top talent for this critical position as needs arise for our business. Office locations include: Ann Arbor, MI; Evanston, IL; Cambridge, MA; Montvale, NJ; Santa Barbara, CA; Washington DC. These positions require a results-oriented SAS programmer to lead analyses of large healthcare claims databases. The ideal candidate will be able to direct programming tasks for complex health-related projects, including development, testing, implementation, and documentation of analytic methods using SAS.
• Complete SAS programming tasks for complex health-related projects. • Develop, test, implement, and document analytic methods using SAS. • Work both independently and with team of SAS programmers to complete programming activities on assigned projects. Experience in healthcare industry preferred, including experience with the following: • Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience. • Minimum of 1-3 years experience programming in SAS, including DATA STEP and MACRO programming. • Ability to work independently on SAS programming projects. • Experience preferred with the following: large healthcare claims databases, healthcare coding systems (ICD, CPT, DRG, etc.), healthcare quality and/or cost measurement, healthcare episode groupers and risk adjustment methodologies, healthcare claims pricing systems. • Excellent problem-solving skills and high attention to detail. • Demonstrated ability to adhere to project deadlines. • Good oral and written communication skills.
Our employees embrace a number of commonly shared values - collaboration, accountability, customer focus, a bias toward action and results, appreciation and respect for diversity, entrepreneurial spirit and, at all times, the highest ethical standards. These values represent the behavior each employee is expected to exhibit in their role. In our view, fostering a culture that embodies these values will lead to success and growth for our employees and our business.
The Thomson Corporation is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
If interested, please visit our career section at: www.thomson.com for SAS opportunities. You may reference job code: TEC00001305
