Healthcare Data Analyst Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Healthcare data analysts are strong H-1B visa sponsorship candidates. The role qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring a degree in health informatics, statistics, or a related field, and demand from hospital systems, insurers, and health tech companies keeps sponsorship activity high. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives
Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.
Premera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. It’s this commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for. Learn more about our recent awards and recognitions as a greatest workplace.
Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/.
As a Healthcare Data Analyst III, you will collect, process, analyze, compile, and present data to help answer pharmacy business questions and solve complex business problems. Using a variety of healthcare data sources including pharmacy claims, medical claims, clinical, lab, healthcare cost, utilization, and healthcare management data, you will partner closely with pharmacy business leaders to develop analytics, reporting, and insights that support pharmacy trend monitoring, utilization management, formulary strategy, pharmacy affordability initiatives, and operational decision making.
This is a hybrid role, located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.
What you’ll do:
- Design, develop, and implement analytics, operational reporting, and trend analysis to support internal and external business customers.
- Develop data reports, statistical models, and analytics for management using visualization and statistics to understand and solve complex business problems.
- Analyze and interpret results using statistical tools and techniques to pinpoint trends and patterns in complex data.
- Troubleshoot issues as they arise and independently solve problems.
- Prepare documentation on all projects to enable peer review and ensure continuity of data product quality.
- Peer review work done by other analysts. Share knowledge of analytics and data in areas of specialty.
- Consult with internal and external customers to access scope and complexity of projects. Develop and maintain computer programs to support various, often complex, analyses, processes, and reports.
- Automate reported analytic products on large data sets.
- Search and review industry and/or academic literature and identify appropriate quantitative methodologies.
What you’ll bring:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Information Management, Economics, or similar quantitative area, or the equivalent of (4) years of work experience in a related field.
- (5) years of experience in applying quantitative analytics tools, methods and processes, data architecture, database design, data transformation, and data management and which includes:
- (3) years of experience with SQL, Python, VBA, or other scripting language.
- (1) year of experience analyzing pharmacy, healthcare claims, managed care, PBM, specialty pharmacy, formulary, medication utilization, or other healthcare related data.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management (PBM), specialty pharmacy, formulary, medication adherence, or pharmaceutical analytics functions.
- Experience working with pharmacy claims data, NDCs, drug classification systems, rebate data, or medication utilization reporting.
- Experience building Tableau, Power BI, or similar business intelligence solutions for healthcare or pharmacy stakeholders.
- Master’s Degree in quantitative science field.
- Experience with advanced analytics and tools.
- Experience using a variety of data and data formats.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Technical expertise in creating data models, database design, data mining, and segmentation.
- Strong knowledge and experience with reporting packages, databases, and programming.
- Advanced knowledge of statistics and mathematical methods and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Adept at queries, reporting, and presenting findings using a variety of data visualizations.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Excellent planning, prioritization, and organizational skills.
- Ability to apply practical data modeling to build data products.
- Working knowledge of medical terminology, medical coding and billing, claims processing procedures and considerations, and clinical data and data requirements.
- Knowledge of data requirements associated with PPI.
- Working knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacy terminology, claims processing procedures, prescription drug claims, healthcare coding systems, and clinical and pharmacy data requirements.
Physical Requirements
The following have been identified as essential physical requirements of this job and must be performed with or without an accommodation:
- This is primarily a sedentary role which requires the ability to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
- This role requires the ability to keyboard and to communicate clearly and understandably in person and over the telephone.
Premera total rewards
Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
- Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
- Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.
- Generous paid time off to reenergize.
- Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
- Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
- Free convenient on-site parking.
- Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
- Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
- Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
- Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.
Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:
Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.
The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.
The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.
National Plus Salary Range:
$92,400.00 - $157,100.00
National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.
We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating an environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.
Workforce Classification:
Hybrid
Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives
Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.
Premera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. It’s this commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for. Learn more about our recent awards and recognitions as a greatest workplace.
Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/.
As a Healthcare Data Analyst III, you will collect, process, analyze, compile, and present data to help answer pharmacy business questions and solve complex business problems. Using a variety of healthcare data sources including pharmacy claims, medical claims, clinical, lab, healthcare cost, utilization, and healthcare management data, you will partner closely with pharmacy business leaders to develop analytics, reporting, and insights that support pharmacy trend monitoring, utilization management, formulary strategy, pharmacy affordability initiatives, and operational decision making.
This is a hybrid role, located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.
What you’ll do:
- Design, develop, and implement analytics, operational reporting, and trend analysis to support internal and external business customers.
- Develop data reports, statistical models, and analytics for management using visualization and statistics to understand and solve complex business problems.
- Analyze and interpret results using statistical tools and techniques to pinpoint trends and patterns in complex data.
- Troubleshoot issues as they arise and independently solve problems.
- Prepare documentation on all projects to enable peer review and ensure continuity of data product quality.
- Peer review work done by other analysts. Share knowledge of analytics and data in areas of specialty.
- Consult with internal and external customers to access scope and complexity of projects. Develop and maintain computer programs to support various, often complex, analyses, processes, and reports.
- Automate reported analytic products on large data sets.
- Search and review industry and/or academic literature and identify appropriate quantitative methodologies.
What you’ll bring:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Information Management, Economics, or similar quantitative area, or the equivalent of (4) years of work experience in a related field.
- (5) years of experience in applying quantitative analytics tools, methods and processes, data architecture, database design, data transformation, and data management and which includes:
- (3) years of experience with SQL, Python, VBA, or other scripting language.
- (1) year of experience analyzing pharmacy, healthcare claims, managed care, PBM, specialty pharmacy, formulary, medication utilization, or other healthcare related data.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management (PBM), specialty pharmacy, formulary, medication adherence, or pharmaceutical analytics functions.
- Experience working with pharmacy claims data, NDCs, drug classification systems, rebate data, or medication utilization reporting.
- Experience building Tableau, Power BI, or similar business intelligence solutions for healthcare or pharmacy stakeholders.
- Master’s Degree in quantitative science field.
- Experience with advanced analytics and tools.
- Experience using a variety of data and data formats.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Technical expertise in creating data models, database design, data mining, and segmentation.
- Strong knowledge and experience with reporting packages, databases, and programming.
- Advanced knowledge of statistics and mathematical methods and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Adept at queries, reporting, and presenting findings using a variety of data visualizations.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Excellent planning, prioritization, and organizational skills.
- Ability to apply practical data modeling to build data products.
- Working knowledge of medical terminology, medical coding and billing, claims processing procedures and considerations, and clinical data and data requirements.
- Knowledge of data requirements associated with PPI.
- Working knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacy terminology, claims processing procedures, prescription drug claims, healthcare coding systems, and clinical and pharmacy data requirements.
Physical Requirements
The following have been identified as essential physical requirements of this job and must be performed with or without an accommodation:
- This is primarily a sedentary role which requires the ability to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
- This role requires the ability to keyboard and to communicate clearly and understandably in person and over the telephone.
Premera total rewards
Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
- Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
- Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.
- Generous paid time off to reenergize.
- Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
- Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
- Free convenient on-site parking.
- Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
- Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
- Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
- Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.
Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:
Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.
The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.
The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.
National Plus Salary Range:
$92,400.00 - $157,100.00
National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.
We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating an environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Healthcare Data Analyst
Target hospital systems and health insurers first
Large hospital networks and major health insurers file H-1B petitions regularly and have established immigration programs. These employers are far more likely to sponsor than smaller clinical practices or independent health IT consultancies with no prior sponsorship history.
Align your degree field to the job description
H-1B approval for this role depends on demonstrating a specialty occupation. Degrees in health informatics, biostatistics, epidemiology, or computer science strengthen your case. A general business or unrelated degree creates risk even if you have years of relevant experience.
Get comfortable with EHR platforms before applying
Employers sponsoring healthcare data analysts almost always require hands-on experience with Epic, Cerner, or similar electronic health record systems. Demonstrable EHR proficiency makes you significantly more competitive and reduces employer hesitation about sponsorship costs.
Highlight compliance and regulatory knowledge
Healthcare data roles involve HIPAA compliance and sometimes FDA or CMS reporting requirements. Candidates who understand these regulatory frameworks are harder to replace domestically, which strengthens the employer's business case for pursuing H-1B sponsorship on your behalf.
Understand the H-1B cap lottery timing
Most healthcare data analyst roles are cap-subject, meaning you must enter the H-1B lottery in March for an October start date. Plan your job search accordingly so you have an offer in place well before registration opens each year.
Cap-exempt employers can skip the lottery entirely
Hospitals affiliated with universities, nonprofit research institutions, and academic medical centers are often cap-exempt. If you're hired by a qualifying employer, your H-1B petition can be filed and approved at any time of year without waiting for the annual lottery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a healthcare data analyst role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, healthcare data analyst positions generally qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as health informatics, statistics, epidemiology, or computer science. Roles that require any bachelor's degree regardless of field are more likely to face an H-1B denial, so the job description and your degree both matter.
Which employers are most likely to sponsor H-1B visas for healthcare data analysts?
Large hospital systems, academic medical centers, major health insurers, and health technology companies are the most active sponsors for this role. These organizations process enough data volume to justify dedicated analyst headcount and typically have in-house or outside immigration counsel to manage petitions. You can filter for sponsorship-ready employers directly on Migrate Mate.
Can I use OPT or STEM OPT as a healthcare data analyst while waiting for H-1B?
Yes. If you graduated from a U.S. university with a qualifying STEM degree such as health informatics, biostatistics, or computer science, you're eligible for 24 months of STEM OPT extension on top of your standard 12-month OPT, giving you up to three years of work authorization. This window covers two H-1B lottery cycles, which meaningfully improves your odds of selection.
What H-1B approval rates look like for healthcare data analyst petitions?
Approval rates for data analyst roles in healthcare have historically been above 80% when the petition is well-documented and the degree aligns with the position. Denials most commonly stem from USCIS challenging whether the role meets the specialty occupation standard, which happens when job descriptions are vague or the required degree field is too broad. Working with an experienced immigration attorney reduces this risk substantially.
Do I need a U.S. degree to get sponsored as a healthcare data analyst?
No, a foreign degree is acceptable as long as it's evaluated as equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree in a relevant field. A three-year bachelor's degree from certain countries may require supplementary coursework or additional credentials to be accepted as equivalent. Your employer's immigration attorney will typically arrange a credential evaluation through a recognized service as part of the H-1B filing process.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Healthcare Data Analyst jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.