Job Abstract

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to startCaring. Connecting. Growing together.

Youll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Use AI/ML technologies to innovate current Change Healthcare operations. The tasks of innovation include, but not limited to: Smart revenue management, Intelligent payment platform, medical chart reading, code reading with noisy and incomplete OCR documents, Conversational AI to facilitate customer services and other healthcare related use cases
• Work closely with business and operations to understand the business requirements. To be able convert ambiguous requirements to mathematical AI models that can be trained and deployed to solve business problems
• Have solid implementation skills to the proposed solutions and work closely with engineering team to create product pipelines that are scalable and flexible
• Willing to work in an agile and fast-moving working environment
• Passion for learning and innovating at new AI technologies that can facilitate future projects

Youll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience after graduation in the areas of AI/ML
• Proficient in translating unstructured business problems into an abstract mathematical framework
• Fluency in one of the scripting languages, such as: Python, Scalar, PySpark and others
• Expertise in NLU/NLP, Conversational AI
• Expertise with one of the Deep Learning platforms, such as TensorFlow, Pytorch, and Keras
• Familiar with both SQL and noSQL databases, ability to write efficient queries in SQL
• Familiar with AWS and its components, such as EMR, S3, EC2, SageMaker. or customer build AI Platform
• Proven ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
  
• Proven ability to communicate the results of analyses in a clear and effective manner

Preferred Qualifications: ?

• Experience on medical coding, medical chart reading, entity detection, and other reading comprehension using AI/NLP technologies
• Experience on big data processing in the areas of Revenue cycle management includes, but not limited to, risk management, payment accuracy, smart reconciliation, etc.
• Experience on conversational AI technologies, such as AI model for intent detection, NER, dialog management and other related components
• Experience with medical ontologies, medical Knowledge Graph that links multiple entities, such as patients, providers, and payers. Possess the ability to run large scale inference on top of KG and generate business values
• Experience with medical image processing, diagnosis based on images and narratives using AI technologies
• Experience with Spark, MapReduce and other big data processing tools
• Expertise in Knowledge Graph and personalization
  
• Proven exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to describe the logic and implications of a complex model to all types of partners (product managers, engineers, designers, senior executives)
  
• Proven ability to mentor junior data scientists and be able to lead projects from end to end

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Groups Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $70,200 to $137,800 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, youll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline:This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyoneof every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and incomedeserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. ?

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment

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