Population Health Associate

Privia Health•Houston, TX

2d•$50,000 - $58,656

About The Position

The Population Health Associate serves in a consultative role, supporting population health initiatives for an attributed patient population. This position partners closely with the Quality, Risk Adjustment, Population Health Leadership, and Practice Operations teams to develop and implement action plans and goal-setting strategies with assigned providers and care centers. The focus is on improving quality performance, accurate coding, and clinical documentation to support success in value-based care agreements. The role includes both virtual and in-person engagement with Privia providers and care center teams to review performance, identify opportunities, and align on focus areas and improvement strategies. This position requires travel and mandatory attendance at two annual PODS (Physician Organization Delivery System) meetings. Flexibility is essential, as meetings may occur outside of standard business hours to accommodate provider and care center availability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with a commensurate level of experience preferred
3+ years of experience, preferably in a medical office setting
Healthcare experience required; experience with value-based care programs such as MSSP, MIPS, HEDIS, or STARS preferred
Fluent in EMR clinical workflows; strong preference for experience in athenaNet
Basic knowledge of coding and documentation, particularly around hierarchical condition coding, preferred
Strong Excel skills
Self-starter, demonstrates critical thinking to determine the best way to support care centers as needed, given expertise, knowledge, and strategies
Must reside in market of assignment
Must comply with HIPAA rules and regulations

Responsibilities

Reviews and analyzes performance data from payers and Privia analytics to create actionable reports for providers that include specific measurable performance goals that support larger team or organizational goals for performance on access, quality, coding, documentation, and other value-based care metrics
Present data and actionable reports with providers and care center staff during regular in-person and/or one-on-one monthly meetings on site at care centers, creating accountability for success in assigned care centers
Maintains ownership and accountability over the performance of key metrics for each assigned care center
Build and develop collaborative relationships with assigned care centers to drive performance in Value-Based Care Programs
Provide quality measure training and other presentations, as needed, to care center staff and providers
Uses knowledge of EMR and previous medical office experience to provide personalized workflow guidance, best practices, and troubleshooting to support performance in value-based care
Analyze medical records to identify quality measure gap closure opportunities and trends.
Submit supplemental data to the appropriate payer portals
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned