QI & Risk Manager - Healthcare

Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center•Brooklyn, NY

44d•Onsite

About The Position

The Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center (BSFHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves all of the primary health care needs of families in the heart of North and Central Brooklyn for over 40 years. Our mission is to provide the most professional, courteous and highest quality health care, with dignity, to those we serve, especially the undeserved population, without regard for ability to pay. We are seeking a Quality Improvement & Risk Management (QI/RM) to join our team. QI/RM provides leadership and expertise to ensure the delivery of safe, high quality, patient care services at the Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center. This includes the development, planning, coordination and administration of a systematic program designed to reduce risk and injury. QI/RM uses informatics tools and techniques of Continuous Quality Improvement, including analysis and interpretation of data using computer based disease registries (eClinicalWorks) and the Center for Primary Care Informatics data warehouse.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required.
1-3 years of relevant experience, required.

Nice To Haves

Familiar with PCMH recognition process and HEDIS/QARR measures.
Experience working with disadvantaged populations helpful.
Knowledge of health disparities highly desired.

Responsibilities

Functions as the lead manager, coordinator, and point of contact for quality improvement and risk management policies and activities.
Provides systematic efforts aimed at enhancing the delivery of healthcare services and improving patient outcomes.
Develop and continually refine methods for working with healthcare provider staff to implement effective and timely interventions that improve performance on quality indicators.
Maintains an effective reporting system to communicate and document findings, action and follow-up resulting from systematic monitoring and evaluation criteria.
Works closely with leadership and payers on data analysts in the design of reports required to monitor provider and department performance and patients outcomes.
Ensure internal reports and required CMS reports related to assigned providers are completed and submitted on time.
Participates in quality management projects and initiatives.
Performs related duties as required.
Utilization of internal assessments and external benchmarking to proactively evaluate risk and provide corrective actions.
Encourage the event reporting process, trend and analyze results, identify problematic areas, and develop prevention initiatives.
Chair monthly QI/Risk management committee meetings and provide support to subcommittees as necessary.