Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The American Heart Association is a nonprofit organization focused on improving cardiovascular and brain health and promoting healthier lives. The Senior Program Development Manager, Data Solutions, Informaticist will design, implement, validate, document, and analyze digital quality measures for national accountability and healthcare quality programs.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with volunteers and staff (measures, research, programs, and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) staff) operationalize quality measure concepts and evidence into detailed digital quality measure specifications for implementation in national accountability programs and the organization’s quality programs
- Responsible for drafting Clinical Quality Language specifications
- Contribute to the design, development, and testing of digital quality measures
- Provide strategic and technical expertise related to digital quality measures
- Create and maintain standardized documentation for measures used in the organization’s quality programs, including documentation of relevant value sets and data elements
- Evaluate and development an internal structure and process for consideration and development of new codes to improve digital collection of diagnosis, treatment, or tests relevant to heart and stroke conditions
- Analyze existing program measures to identify potentially unnecessary variance and gaps in measures
- Assist in monitoring relevant national digital measurement programs and partners such as the Health Level Seven; Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS): Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (HIQR); Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; as well as The Joint Commission; Million Hearts; etc. for changes that may impact measures or programs
- Coordinate with other staff to communicate changes in national programs and impact to volunteer workgroups and other staff members
- Create ad-hoc data reports and visualizations to support measure development and testing using raw data sets
- Conduct feasibility, reliability, and validity testing of digital quality measures to support endorsement efforts and potential use in payment programs
Skills
- Master's in Informatics or equivalent work experience
- 5 years of experience with clinical performance and quality measure development, testing, implementation and/or endorsement. This must include one of the following:
- Experience with quality measure development standards, such as Quality Data Model (QDM), Clinical Quality Language (CQL), HL7, Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
- Experience drafting or testing measures with Measure Authoring Tool (MAT), Measure Authoring Development integrated Environment (MADiE), Bonnie, Cypress, or NCQA Test Deck
- Familiarity with the broader healthcare quality measurement environment and related organizations
- Detail-oriented with data analysis experience and commitment to accuracy when writing
- Excellent writing and oral presentation skills to communicate with external stakeholders, volunteers, and team members orally and in writing, and represent the organization in a professional manner
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment to design, analyze, and report on projects
- Effective time management skills and ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Ability to travel 15% local and overnight stay
- Health IT related knowledge/skills such as electronic medical records, medical coding and/or standard nomenclatures, such as SNOMED, ICDCM, CPT, LOINC and RXNORM
- Advanced skills in data analysis, including the ability to lead measure testing (reliability and validity) projects using
- Familiarity with the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) measure submission and the endorsement process
- Experience working with committees and volunteers - Represent quality measure development research teams in areas of expertise on calls with measure stewards and other stakeholders; ensure clear documentation and communication of action items for the broader team and tracking to completion
- Ability to mentor/teach measure authoring and testing skills and the quality measurement lifecycle
- Clearly communicate with external stakeholders, volunteers, and team members orally and in writing and represent the organization in a professional manner
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment to design, analyze, and report on projects
- Ability to identify risks to projects and timelines
- Effective time management skills and ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy when writing
Benefits
- Home-based work arrangement
- Access to Heart U, the Association’s award-winning corporate university
- Additional training and support, locally
- Annual salary planning and incentive programs, with eligibility based on the type of position
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution
- Employee assistance program
- Employee wellness program
- Telemedicine and medical consultation
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Professional mentoring program
- Heart U national online university, with more than 100,000 resources
- Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees; the number of days will increase based on seniority level
- 12 paid holidays off each year, including several days off at the end of the year
- Tuition Assistance providing financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization
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