Astrana Health brings together community-focused healthcare clinics and a provider-facing technology platform designed to coordinate primary, urgent, and multi-specialty care. Its services help patients connect with in-network clinicians while supporting providers with tools for care coordination and prior authorization workflows. By combining clinical operations with technology developed for healthcare teams, Astrana Health focuses on improving access, patient experiences, and the day-to-day delivery of care.
Senior Actuarial Analyst, Health Plan Contracts
Astrana Health is seeking a senior actuarial analyst to model Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and Commercial payer contracts. The role develops financial analyses, dashboards, and negotiation models to guide contract performance and strategy.
United States
California
Nevada
Texas$100,000 – $135,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredActuaryDescription
- Model contracts across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and Commercial lines of business
- Develop detailed deal models that support health plan negotiations
- Apply analytics to strengthen the financial and operational performance of health plan contracts
- Monitor, forecast, and communicate the financial effects of payer agreements
- Create analytical infrastructure, reporting, and dashboards for payer financial performance
- Investigate legislation, market share, Star Ratings, bid strategy, and reimbursement developments
- Analyze benchmarking, contract optimization, investor relations, and risk adjustment topics
- Partner with Reserving, Analytics, Data, Finance, M&A, Contracting, Medical Economics, and Operations teams
- Report to the Senior Manager, Actuary
Requirements
- Hold FSA or ASA credentials, or be close to attaining ASA credentials
- Bring at least 3 years of actuarial experience
- Have at least 1 year of experience in value-based care or a related field
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Demonstrate intermediate proficiency with SQL
- Be able and motivated to build actuarial models from the ground up
- Work effectively on a small team in a fast-paced setting
- Knowledge of health plan reimbursement methodologies is preferred
- Provider-side healthcare experience is preferred
- Experience with Medicare Advantage bid mechanics is preferred
- Risk adjustment experience is preferred
- Experience in the California healthcare market is preferred
- Understanding of the actuarial continuum, including pricing, forecasting, valuation, and reserving, is preferred
Benefits
- Remote work is available from within the United States
- Hybrid work is available through offices in Alhambra, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; or Houston, Texas
- Actuarial Student Program support is available for candidates pursuing ASA or FSA credentials