Data Analyst

Living the vision of "Advancing the business of healthcare today for a better tomorrow," Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) works to perpetuate success throughout the healthcare industry as the premier association for professionals who lead medical practices. Since 1926, through data, people, insights, and advocacy, MGMA empowers medical group practices to innovate and create meaningful change in healthcare. We believe the future is what you make it, and we’re here to support the people who are ready to make the world a better place. Tomorrow will be remarkable because MGMA is here to help.

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA is looking for a Data Analyst to join our Denver/hybrid team.

The Data Project Analyst supports MGMA’s healthcare survey products, data collection cycles, and data operations by assisting with survey data review, validation, file preparation, participant communication, documentation, and support. This role helps maintain the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of MGMA survey data by applying established procedures, understanding data metrics, identifying potential data issues, communicating progress, and adhering to set deadlines.

Essential Functions:

• Support assigned survey projects, data collection activities, data review tasks, and operational deliverables within established timelines.
• Assist with creating, modifying, reviewing, and maintaining files used for automated report generation, data editing, data analysis, and survey product creation.
• Review survey data for completeness, consistency, reasonableness, outliers, missing information, mathematical issues, and other potential data quality concerns using established standards.
• Apply routine validation checks to identify inconsistent logic, respondent inconsistencies, file issues, and reporting concerns, and document findings for review or follow-up.
• Research assigned data issues, assist with resolving discrepancies, and escalate complex or non-standard issues to a manager, senior analyst, or subject matter expert.
• Support quality review activities for assigned surveys, reports, outputs, statistical tables, automated files, and other deliverables before reporting or release.
• Maintain the integrity and confidentiality of survey data by following established review standards, data validation practices, and data handling procedures.
• Support survey questionnaire development, definition booklets, statistical tables, graphs, supplemental research, analysis reports, and survey material reviews as assigned.
• Communicate with survey respondents and key participants to clarify practice structure, verify reported information, correct survey questionnaire data, and answer routine data questions.
• Provide basic interpretation of reported survey information, including revenue, expenses, staffing, cost efficiency, compensation, production, and related survey or product data, with guidance as needed.
• Support custom analysis requests, publications, presentations, webinars, marketing or sales collateral, and other cross-functional data needs as assigned.
• Contribute to recurring process documentation, templates, review steps, SOPs, troubleshooting notes, and other materials that support consistency and continuity.
• Collaborate with Data Operations, Product, Internal Data, Marketing, Sales, and other teams to promote, maintain, and utilize survey data effectively.
• Provide timely updates on assigned work, file status, issue follow-up, dependencies, and next steps.
• Perform other duties as required and necessary to ensure the success of the organization.

Supervisory duties:

• None