What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Analyst Intern – Summer 2025 position at WPS—A health solutions company?
Role Snapshot
The Internship Program with WPS Health Solutions is comprised of two key components. The first component involves gaining practical experience to supplement academic coursework and prepare for future career pursuits. This will be comprised of a hands-on role within a functional area related to a relevant field of study. Each internship incorporates responsibilities and tasks which support the business objectives and client service offerings, while providing ongoing collaboration with experienced departmental colleagues and exposure to "real world" business demands. The second element centers on exposure to corporate culture and professional development. Interns will participate in discussions with internal and external speakers focused on building soft-skills and business acumen.
The GHA Government Services - CMS InSight Data Analysis Team delivers better, faster, and more informed business decisions to stakeholders by finding the optimal intersection between Medicare’s “big data”, data analysis, and modeling to fit customer needs.
What You Will Do As a Data Analyst Intern
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Remote Work Requirements
WPS Health Solutions is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors, and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS Health Solutions has been making health care easier for the people we serve for more than 75 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.
Culture Drives Our Success
WPS’ Culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled, and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an open and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of employee engagement as an investment in our workforce—both current and future—to effectively seek, leverage, and include unique perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.
We are proud of the recognition we have received from local and national organization regarding our culture and workplace: WPS Newsroom - Awards and Recognition
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The Internship Program with WPS Health Solutions is comprised of two key components. The first component involves gaining practical experience to supplement academic coursework and prepare for future career pursuits. This will be comprised of a hands-on role within a functional area related to a relevant field of study. Each internship incorporates responsibilities and tasks which support the business objectives and client service offerings, while providing ongoing collaboration with experienced departmental colleagues and exposure to "real world" business demands. The second element centers on exposure to corporate culture and professional development. Interns will participate in discussions with internal and external speakers focused on building soft-skills and business acumen.
The GHA Government Services - CMS InSight Data Analysis Team delivers better, faster, and more informed business decisions to stakeholders by finding the optimal intersection between Medicare’s “big data”, data analysis, and modeling to fit customer needs.
What You Will Do As a Data Analyst Intern
- Learn about Medicare and health insurance claims, including claim, provider, and beneficiary detailed information, how they related to each other, and how the claims process in payment systems.
- Gain access to the One PI Medicare claims database with specialized training regarding database structure, commonly used variables, and querying best practices.
- Perform ad hoc data requests for operational areas and their Medicare contract requirements.
- Participate in quality assurance reviews of peer data requests.
- Enjoy working with BIG DATA!
- Love analyzing data for trends and outcomes.
- Are creative, innovative, and get excited about using data differently!
- Experience working with a forward thinking and highly collaborative team.
- Get to do fun and exploratory data analysis that will have real world business implications!
- Learn about the Medicare program.
- Learn a great deal and develop a well-rounded business toolkit that will serve you well wherever you go.
- Working in an environment that serves our Nation’s military, veterans, Guard and Reserves along with their families.
- Gaining valuable experience that aligns with your career goals.
- Working in a continuous performance feedback environment.
- Be currently pursuing a degree in higher education or recent graduate.
- Have experience with Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
- Currently pursuing a degree in Data Science, Healthcare Informatics, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
- Have experience with Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
- Have experience with business intelligence/analytic tools or programming languages used to interpret results and summarization for presentations. Examples of these are SQL, R, Python, SAS, SAP Business Objects, or Power BI.
- Experience with Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, VA, or Healthcare claims.
- Exposure to evaluation of clinical or business processes.
- Professional healthcare analytics experience.
- The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The starting hourly range for this position is $17-$24
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Remote Work Requirements
- High speed cable or fiber internet
- Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at https://speedtest.net)
- Please review Remote Worker FAQs for additional information
- Innovative, professional, and cognitive development programs
- Competitive paid time off
- Holiday pay
WPS Health Solutions is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors, and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS Health Solutions has been making health care easier for the people we serve for more than 75 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.
Culture Drives Our Success
WPS’ Culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled, and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an open and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of employee engagement as an investment in our workforce—both current and future—to effectively seek, leverage, and include unique perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.
We are proud of the recognition we have received from local and national organization regarding our culture and workplace: WPS Newsroom - Awards and Recognition
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Salary : $17 - $24
