Business Analyst (Medicaid)

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Business Analyst (Medicaid)to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  • Life insurance
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

**Location of job: Remote. Program will only accept TEXAS RESIDENT ONLY candidates for this position. Please do not submit candidates that are NOT currently residing in Texas**

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.

The client Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services and Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) section provides services to Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. PASRR is a federally required process to identify people with mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability who apply to, or reside in, a Medicaid-certified nursing facility (NF) to ensure that the NF admission is appropriate. PASRR is also intended to ensure people residing in a NF are receiving all necessary specialized services.

The PASRR program plans to enhance the Long-Term Care online portal (LTCOP) by automating the process for requesting and authorizing PASRR IDD habilitative specialized services (IHSS). The LTCOP system is used by LTC providers to submit forms, screenings, evaluations, and the Long-Term Care Medicaid Information section of the Minimum Data Set Assessment. The project is scheduled to begin in January 2026, with implementation of the system changes set for the end of June 2026. 

The Worker will serve as a Business Analyst for the IHSS Automation project. The Worker will report directly to the PASRR Director and work with IDD Services and PASRR program staff, Product Owner, sprint teams, and other project stakeholders as needed to provide subject matter expertise; perform business analysis work; review, assess, and develop business processes; create and validate user acceptance testing; and provide support for the systems development life cycle.  

The Worker will provide Business Analyst services that include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Analyzes program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas. 
2. Analyzes and reviews complex project deliverables such as project charters, business user requirements, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans to ensure business requirements are met.
3. Serves as liaison by providing consultation, documentation, and direction regarding analysis, design, configuration, testing, and policy implementation of the system.
4. Develops, documents, and revises system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards. 
5. Identifies and prioritizes the product backlog to ensure efficient use of resources.
6. Creates test plans that accurately map back to the documented business requirements or user stories.
7. Participates in user acceptance testing and testing of new system functionality. 
8. Tracks, documents, and reports status of testing.
9. Identifies potential project risks and difficulties, and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them. 
10. May develop training curriculum and conduct formal training sessions covering assigned systems module. 
11. Performs related work as assigned.