Yu-Pa Corporation
Senior Healthcare Data Engineering · Established 2000 · Goleta, CA
Capability Statement
Rev. 2026-05
Rev. 2026-05
Yu-Pa Corporation delivers senior healthcare data engineering to federal agencies, state health departments, and prime contractors. Principal Jesús Álvarez is the SAS architect behind 130+ national HCUP databases per year — multi-state intake, HIPAA-compliant from the foundation, ICD-10-CM/PCS verified.
Engagements range from short SAS-modernization audits to multi-year federal data-pipeline builds. Two-time IBM merit award recipient. California minority-owned business.
Core Competencies
- SAS modernization — macro rewrites, performance tuning, legacy code stabilization
- HCUP-class data architecture — SID / SEDD / SASD pipelines, multi-state ingestion, DRG / ICD-10 validation, AHRQ-style ETL frameworks
- Federal DUA-compliant data pipelines — HIPAA, CMS, AHRQ, restricted-release workflows, audit-ready documentation, secure data handling
- Healthcare analytics engineering — DRG grouping, ICD-10 validation, quality-measure computation, hospital-level analytics
- Legacy system modernization — COBOL → modern ETL, Access → SQL Server / Postgres, mainframe data extraction, 20-year SAS macro system overhaul
- Mainframe legacy tooling — JCL, DB2, COBOL, ISPF, IBM SYNCSORT, IBM DFSORT
NAICS Codes
| 541511 | Custom Computer Programming Services |
| 541512 | Computer Systems Design Services |
| 541519 | Other Computer Related Services |
| 541611 | Administrative & General Management Consulting |
| 541690 | Other Scientific & Technical Consulting Services |
Differentiators
- Production-level HCUP experience — one of the few independent consultants who has actually run it
- Deep SAS macro engineering — 20+ years
- Federal-compliant pipelines — proven delivery record under AHRQ / CMS DUAs
- Modernizes without breaking production — legacy systems migrated in place
- Strong healthcare domain knowledge — ICD-10, DRG, quality measures
- Federal, state, and hospital experience — across all three program tiers
Past Performance
AHRQ · HCUP Program
20+ years. SAS macro engineering, ETL design, multi-state data validation, and production-level pipeline support for the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project — 130 national databases per year from 50-state intake.
CMS · HCBS Survey Platform
Recurring. Platform engineering, data processing, validation, and federal-compliant documentation for the CMS Home- & Community-Based Services survey program across multiple state agencies.
IBM · Truven Health Analytics
2000 – 2022. Federal data pipelines, SAS macro systems, healthcare analytics, and large-scale data modernization. Two-time IBM merit award recipient.
NIH · IBM Mainframe Migration
Primary technical lead. Transferred thousands of heterogeneous file types (SAS datasets, raw data, Excel, structured / unstructured) and code libraries (SAS, PL/I, Fortran, C, C++, Wylbur) from the NIH IBM mainframe to a Windows NT data center — completed under the last active NIH account.
NIH · Biomedical Computing
1990s. Worked inside the NIH IBM mainframe environment — one of the federal government's major biomedical computing centers — supporting large-scale data processing and multi-agency research workflows.
Shared Medical Systems
1993 – 1997. Senior programmer on hospital accreditation automation under Joint Commission ORYX. Quality-measure scoring, EIS dashboards, and the MICRS interface to SF Dept. of Public Health.