Emory Rollins REAL Program Internship: Managed Care Public Health Analyst

About Us:

Integrity Management Services, Inc. (IntegrityM) is a woman-owned small business specializing in assisting government healthcare organizations prevent and detect fraud and abuse in their programs.

At IntegrityM, we offer a culture of opportunity, recognition, and collaboration. We thrive off of these fundamental elements that make IntegrityM a great place to work. We offer the flexibility our employees need to challenge themselves and focus on advancing their professional development and careers. Large company perks. Small company feel. http://www.integritym.com

Internship Posting Description:

At IntegrityM, our employees are driven by a passion for advancing with exceptional quality of life and sustainability. We deliver creative solutions that exceed our goals and foster an environment that creates unlimited opportunities for employees.

We are now seeking a Managed Care Public Health Analyst to join our team who is enrolled in the Emory Rollins Earn And Learn (REAL) program.

You Will:

• Perform study design, policy research and report preparation

• Study preliminary data analysis (trends), literature review, experience and expertise of the team, and mandated projects

• Conduct data analysis, including data preparation and presentation of findings is performed in conjunction with other analytics

• Create reports of your findings

Specific Projects:

• Policy research and analysis of Managed Care Programs and funding: Focus on managed Care programs in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and how Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulates managed care.
• Protecting FEMA Grant funds during disaster recovery: Using analytical methods to make sure funds aren’t misappropriated.
• Comparative analysis of Medicaid and Managed Care fraud: Similarities and differences.

Reference Material:

FEMA Open Data Sets: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets - This page is intended to be a one stop shop for OpenFEMA—FEMA’s data delivery platform which provides data sets to the public in open, industry standard, machine-readable formats. Data sets are available in multiple formats, including downloadable files and through an easily digestible Application Programming Interface (API). Each page includes information about the specific data set, links to downloadable files, a data dictionary describing each field, and an endpoint link (if applicable for those data sets available via the API).

Reference Material: There Are Many Types of Medicaid Fraud (cms.gov)

Ohio Auditor’s report faults Ohio Department of Medicaid for failing to address double-dipping - cleveland.com

Ohio Medicaid ripped off for millions, and counties could have stopped it, auditor says (cleveland19.com)

Public Health Competencies/Projects Involved:

• Ad hoc research and data analysis: performing feasibility analysis using policy and data to determine if a data analysis study has merit to become a full data analysis projects.
• Disparate data aggregation: making disparate data meaningful by performing data matching
• Potential use of Artificial Intelligence to perform policy research.

Description of Mission & Target Clients:

IntegrityM has a record of success supporting government agencies and private sector businesses that sustain major government programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Managed Care. Clients include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, state governments, and a variety of private sector government support contractors.

IntegrityM brings the highest standards of excellence and professionalism to every engagement. Integrity isn’t just in our name, it’s in all we do. We work closely with our clients, l