Healthcare Quality Measures Manager

American Heart Association • Dallas, TX

4d • $70,000 - $90,000 • Remote

About The Position

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Healthcare Quality Measures Manager based out of our National Center office! This position is home-based. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, grant-funded opportunity. Current funding will expire on 6/30/2027, with the likelihood of extension. This individual will be responsible for providing administrative, analytic and technical support for development, specification, maintenance, harmonization, and endorsement of measures used in the American Heart Association suite of quality programs: including Get With The Guidelines: Stroke, Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Resuscitation and Coronary Artery Disease; ambulatory quality initiatives, special disease-focused initiatives (such as: aortic stenosis, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health, cardiogenic shock), certification programs, and EMS Mission: Lifeline. Additional responsibilities include supporting advanced data analytics related to measures (i.e., preparing reports and coordinating feasibility, reliability, and validity testing) and developing and maintaining standardized documentation for program measures, including endorsement submissions. The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally. #TheAHALife is more than a company culture; it is our way of life. It embodies our commitment to work-life harmonization and is guided by our core values where our employees can thrive both personally and professionally. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and at heart.jobs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Three (3) years of relevant experience
• Experience with clinical performance measure development, testing, implementation, and/or endorsement
• 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 identify risks to projects and timelines.
• Ability to travel 15% local and overnight stay.

Nice To Haves

• Health IT-related knowledge/skills such as electronic medical records, medical coding, and/or standard nomenclatures, such as SNOMED, ICD, CPT, LOINC, or RxNorm
• Familiarity or experience with the development of electronic clinical quality measures and the CMS Measure Authoring Tool
• Familiarity with the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) measure submission and the endorsement process
• Experience working with committees and volunteers

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with volunteers and staff (measures, research, programs, and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) staff) operationalize quality measure concepts and evidence into detailed measure specifications for implementation in the organization’s quality programs.
• Contribute to the design, development, and testing of clinical quality measures.
• Provide strategic and technical expertise related to digital quality measures.
• Analyze existing program measures to identify potentially unnecessary variance and gaps in measures.
• Assist in monitoring relevant national programs such as the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS): Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (HIQR); 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 measures to support endorsement efforts and potential use in payment programs.
• Create and maintain standardized documentation for measures used in the organization’s quality programs, including documentation of the organizations registry programs and measures information in national programs, databases, and clearinghouses.
• Provide project management support and subject matter expertise for the submission of American Heart Association and the American Stroke Associate measures to national endorsement organizations for consideration and/or maintenance of measure endorsement.

Benefits

• 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
• Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees
• 12 paid holidays off each year
• Tuition Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level