Insurance Risk Manager Jobs in Topeka, KS (NOW HIRING)

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Exemption Status: Exempt
A Brief Overview
The Risk Data Analyst provides specialized data analysis, reporting, and system support to the Risk Management, Patient Safety, and Regulatory/Accreditation programs across Stormont Vail Health. This position supports proactive risk identification by collecting, validating, sorting, analyzing, and visualizing reported claims, incident reports, near misses, risk assessments, complaints, regulatory findings, and other safety-related data to identify potential risk factors before they reach or impact the patient. The Risk Data Analyst transforms complex data into actionable insights that support leaders in prioritizing risk, reducing harm, strengthening safety culture, and meeting regulatory and accreditation requirements. This role also maintains, troubleshoots, configures, and supports the Risk Management safety event and contract management system.
Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Risk Management, Data Analytics, Informatics, or related field. Five (5) years' work experience in a related field may be substituted for education. Required
• Master's Degree Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• 2 years Experience working with data analytics, risk management, claims analysis, quality, patient safety, healthcare operations, finance, business, or related field. Required
• 2 years Experience integrating, analyzing, validating, and presenting large amounts of data or information to various audiences. Required
• Experience working in a healthcare environment, risk management system, claims management process, safety event reporting system, or contract management system. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Analytical Techniques: Ability to apply quantitative and qualitative analytical methods to evaluate claims, incident reports, near misses, complaints, regulatory findings, financial information, and risk data.
• Data Visualization and Reporting: Ability to develop dashboards, scorecards, reports, and visualizations that translate complex risk and safety data into actionable information for leaders and stakeholders.
• Business Acumen: Understanding of risk management frameworks, patient safety principles, claims processes, regulatory requirements, and healthcare operations.
• System Configuration: Ability to configure, troubleshoot, test, and maintain safety event reporting, claims, contract management, workflow, user access, and reporting system functionality.
• Communication and Collaboration: Ability to engage customers, service lines, departments, and stakeholders to clarify data needs, explain findings, support escalation, and identify opportunities for proactive risk reduction.

Licenses and Certifications

• Certified Professional Healthcare Risk Management - AHA Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management, data analytics, healthcare quality, informatics, or related certification. Preferred

What you will do

• Collects, validates, sorts, and analyzes reported claims, incident reports, near misses, complaints, risk assessments, regulatory findings, and other risk and safety data to identify potential risk factors before they reach or impact the patient.
• Performs quantitative and qualitative analysis of risk and safety data to identify patterns, trends, emerging exposures, high-risk processes, and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Conducts deep-dive analyses on reported claims, safety events, near misses, and high-risk operational processes to support early identification, prioritization, escalation, and mitigation of organizational risk.
• Supports root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, regulatory/accreditation reviews, claims investigations, and other Risk Management processes by preparing accurate data summaries, case information, trend analysis, and reports.
• Develops and maintains dashboards, scorecards, user access, recurring reports, ad hoc reports, and data visualizations to communicate risk indicators, safety trends, claims activity, and program outcomes to leaders and stakeholders.
• Configures, troubleshoots, updates, and supports the safety event and contract management system using Point and Click Configuration UI, including system functionality, workflow triggers, calculated logic, data fields, and reporting tools.
• Collaborates with Risk Management, Patient Safety, Quality, Regulatory/Accreditation, clinical, operational, and functional leaders to clarify data needs, validate findings, support reporting requirements, and promote proactive risk reduction.
• Prepares, maintains, and monitors confidential risk, safety event, claims, contract, and other Risk Management files in accordance with department guidelines and organizational policy.
• Supports preparation for regulatory surveys, audits, CMS complaint responses, internal process reviews, and accreditation-related requests by gathering, compiling, validating, and summarizing data.
• Participates in meetings, committees, audits, rounding, tracers, or process evaluations as assigned to support data accuracy, reporting needs, and risk reduction efforts.

Travel Requirements

• 10% May need to travel to various organizational locations for meetings, data validation, process reviews, claims support, and risk or safety-related activities.

Required for All Jobs

• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
• Performs other duties as assigned

Patient Facing Options

• Position is Not Patient Facing

Remote Work Guidelines

• Workspace is a quiet and distraction-free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards.
• Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
• Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours.
• Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
• Abide by Stormont Vail's Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.

Remote Work Capability

• Hybrid

Scope

• No Supervisory Responsibility
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• No Budget Responsibility No Budget Responsibility

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Carrying: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Climbing (Stairs): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Crawling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crouching: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Driving (Automatic): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Feeling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Grasping (Fine Motor): Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Grasping (Gross Hand): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Handling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Hearing: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Kneeling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Lifting: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Operate Foot Controls: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Pulling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Pushing: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Reaching (Forward): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Repetitive Motions: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Sitting: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Standing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Stooping: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Talking: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Walking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours

Working Conditions

• Combative Patients: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Extreme Temperatures: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Noise/Sounds: Occasionally 1-3 Hours

Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment.

Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.