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Health Data Analyst

Hybrid in Lenexa, KS

Join us in shaping a healthier future for kids. At Children’s Hospital Association, we unite more than 200 member hospitals to put children first—advancing care, informing policy, and driving progress together.

Where You’ll Work

This position is based in our Lenexa, Kansas office. We leverage a hybrid working model working three days in the office, two days optional remote work.

What You’ll Do

The Health Data Analyst functions as a domain expert in clinical coding, charge mapping, and healthcare terminology standards, supporting CHA in delivering high-quality, reliable analytics for children’s hospitals. The Health Data Analyst ensures that data used across CHA analytic solutions is accurate, standardized, and compliant with regulatory standards. This is accomplished through deep expertise in coding systems, clinical terminology alignment, and data quality practices.

• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems.
• Support the development, maintenance, and optimization of CHA’s proprietary Clinical Transaction Classification (CTC) charge code systems.
• Review and enhance hospital charge-to-CTC mappings to improve accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
• Apply clinical data standards (e.g., OMOP CDM, SNOMED) to support CHA analytic products and data models.
• Monitor and implement regulatory updates, coding changes, and terminology revisions; ensure compliance and facilitate communication of impacts to internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze gaps in terminology mapping and recommend enhancements to improve data standardization.
• Provide guidance, education, and best practices on coding standards, terminology, and charge mapping.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support data integrity, coding forums, and organizational objectives.
• Assist internal and external stakeholders with coding, health data, data submission, and research-related inquiries.
• Manage healthcare data acquisition process to ensure timely, accurate, and complete submissions from member hospitals.
• Perform remapping activities to align misclassified or legacy charges with updated CTC codes.
• Identify root causes of data quality issues that are coding-related or data elements acquired to support data programs and develop actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Identify and lead coding- and classification-related data quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop tools, resources, and procedures in partnership with member hospitals to improve data submission processes and coding-related projects.

What You’ll Bring to CHA

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge is qualifying:

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Health Information Management, or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in healthcare, including significant experience in classification and coding systems and/or data quality improvement functions.
• RHIA, CCS, CCS‑P, CPC, CHDA, CDIP, CCDS or equivalent advanced coding certification required; additional specialty certifications preferred.
• Expert knowledge of ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS, and official coding guidelines.
• Strong understanding of healthcare data standards (e.g., HL7, UB-o4, FHIR) and clinical classification systems (ICD-9/10, CPT, MS-DRG, APR-DRG), severity of illness (SOI), risk of mortality (ROM), and healthcare quality measures.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology, clinical workflows, and healthcare data (administrative, billing, and clinical).
• Preferred experience with coding audits, Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) programs, revenue integrity initiatives, and charge description master maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise systems, applications, or data platforms.
• Experience developing and maintaining data dictionaries and standardizing data capture, quality, and analysis processes.
• Knowledge of electronic health record (EHR) systems and data analysis tools.
• Basic understanding of data security practices such as HIPAA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify, investigate, and resolve data anomalies.

Our Perks and Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Retirement Savings program with generous company contribution
• Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Wellness program
• Paid time off and personal days
• 9 paid holidays
• And more!

More About CHA

This pay range shown is a guideline. Min:$71,000 Max: $140,000 Compensation is based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

CHA is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization, our membership, the care delivery of children’s hospitals and their communities and through the federal policymaking environment. With children’s hospitals we strive to ensure organizational cultures where everyone feels valued and actively participates in the mission of our organizations. Racism stands firmly in the way of improving children’s health. We remain vigilant in our quest for a diverse and inclusive community and in standing against racism and discrimination wherever it exists.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and protected veteran status, or disability status.

Visa Sponsorship

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.