Ben Anderson

I'm an actuary and a tutor. I built and tutoring business and I work as an actuary

Experience

Actuarial Analyst Intern, UnitedHealth Group                                                                            June 2023- Aug 2023

• Determined utilization, cost, revenue, and claims trends to determine overall profitability for a provider for Texas healthcare claims and change in metrics post-treatment
• Wrote SAS and SQL code to extract variables and analyze data for claims in settlement model and post treatment model to determine the effectiveness of the provider
• Calculated target medical loss ratio for provider based on past baseline data to determine medical cost savings for a provider post treatment

Actuarial Analyst Intern, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona                                                         Jan 2023 – May2023

• Identify medical cost savings opportunities for network and contracted providers by conducting 6 data analyses using SAS and Excel to benchmark fees for medical services across U.S. 
• Completed year-over-year credible trend analysis for outpatient services at 10 rural hospitals using Excel to identify annual changes in charged vs. allowed amounts for provider-contracting review 
• Wrote SAS code to extract variables from large dataset to perform outlier cost analysis to adjust transplant procedure case rate, resulting in $250,000 savings per procedure at pediatric hospital. 

Math Tutor, Mesa Community College and Ben Anderson Tutoring LLC                                          May 2013 - Present 

• Taught students high-school level calculus by developing business to achieve college scholarships
• Coach and mentor students in high school level math classes for them to achieve scholarships at Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University
• Provided one-on-one and small group tutoring at the community college level in developmental math, algebra, set theory, statistics, finance, logic, and calculus to help retention and graduation rates

Math Teacher, Mesa Public Schools                                                                                           Mar 2020 – May 2022 

• Planned lessons and instructed students in mathematics high school equivalency classes to achieve GED after dropping out of high school, improving retention and graduation rates among students

Technical Skills

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Minor in Economics, Arizona State University                                         Dec 2011

Honors: Provost Scholar, Hawes Scholarship Recipient, Computational Science training for Undergraduates in Mathematical Sciences Research Scholarship (CSUMS) award winner, Dean's List Scholar, Magna Cum Laude 

Master of Science in Statistics, Arizona State University                                                                             May 2024

Google Data Analytics Certificate, Google LLC                                                                                          May 2022

Microsoft Excel Certificate, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)                               Sept 2023

SQL Essentials Certificate, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)                               Sept 2023