What are the responsibilities and job description for the CW Healthcare Analytics Intern - Fall 2025 position at Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company?
We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with Blue Cross.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
Job Duties:
This position leverages machine learning and generative AI to enhance the understanding and improvement of how health care is valued, utilized and provided. This position will assist in developing analytic and predictive models that pertain to patient level health utilization/outcome, provider performance measures, risk-adjusted revenue optimization, medical cost management, and behavior attributes on patient/provider engagement. In collaboration with other business areas and IT, this position provides predictive and prescriptive analytics support through innovative machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, with a special emphasis on generative AI to create innovative solutions and insights.
Required Qualifications:
Degree program(s) / Current Status: Senior level undergraduate, recent graduate or graduate level student in a related field, preferably in data science, statistics, economics, mathematics, analytics, computer science, or other quantitative/health care field.
Cumulative GPA: 3.5 GPA preferred; minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Previous internship experience is not required but preferred.
Other Qualifications:
Must have proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel).
Must have basic working knowledge of Python.
Must have basic working knowledge of SQL.
Preferred experience working with front-end development architectures (React, NodeJS, etc.).
Preferred experience working with databases (MySQL, SQLServer, Teradata, etc.).
Preferred experience working with statistics libraries (Pandas, MatPlotLib, SciPy, etc.).
Preferred experience with machine learning and AI libraries (OpenAI, SciKit Learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, etc.).
Preferred experience working with data visualization software (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.).
Knowledge of predictive analytics, statistical analysis, and/or practical use of large language models.
Must demonstrate effective oral and written communication abilities.
Basic knowledge of United States health care delivery system in payer setting or provider setting
Must be able to think analytically and present ideas professionally.
Self-motivated, adaptable to a changing work environment, and team-oriented.
Undergraduates and Graduate Level students must be able to work 20 hours/week during the Spring/Fall semesters and 30-35 hours/week during the summer.
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Additional Information
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In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, Blue Cross encourages the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
