Special Investigations Analyst, Senior Blue Shield of CA United States, California, Rancho Cordova Sep 14, 2026 Your Role The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is responsible for detecting, investigating, and preventing healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse involving providers, facilities, members, and brokers across all lines of business, and for coordinating with law enforcement and regulatory agencies. The Special Investigations Analyst, Senior will report to the Senior Manager, Special Investigations Unit. In this role you serve as the front of the SIU detection pipeline, independently identifying suspect providers and emerging fraud schemes through advanced data mining and claims analysis. You will quantify financial exposure, develop well-supported lead packages, and drive the analysis that enables prepayment review placement, investigation, and payment containment. Your work directly protects members and reduces the cost of healthcare by stopping improper payments before they are made. Your Knowledge and Experience Requires a bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree Requires 5 years of prior relevant experience in healthcare fraud analytics, claims analysis, payment integrity, audit, or a related investigative or analytical field Requires advanced knowledge of health insurance reimbursement methodologies, coding frameworks (CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10, revenue codes), and government program requirements; coding certification such as CPC preferred Requires proven ability to apply independent analytic judgment to complex, ambiguous scenarios and quantify financial exposure or relevant metrics Requires advanced ability to read, interpret, and synthesize medical documentation without routine assistance Requires strong written, verbal, and presentation skills with limited guidance, including the ability to produce defensible documentation for internal, regulatory, and law enforcement audiences Requires proficient use of advanced analytic tools, queries, and visualization techniques used for fraud detection; SQL, Excel, and claims platforms such as Facets Experience with fraud detection platforms such as HCFS preferred Knowledge of behavioral health and other fraud schemes preferred Hybrid This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.