American Heart Association-posted 4 months ago
$80,000 - $100,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Dallas, TX
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Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today's biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us. The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior 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 June 30, 2028, 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 organizations 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.

  • In collaboration with volunteers and staff operationalizes 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.
  • Analyzes existing program measures to identify potentially unnecessary variance and gaps in measures.
  • Assists 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 for changes that may impact measures or programs.
  • Coordinates with other staff to communicate changes in national programs and impact to volunteer workgroups and other staff members.
  • Creates ad-hoc data reports and visualizations using raw data sets.
  • Conducts feasibility, reliability, and validity testing of measures to support endorsement efforts and potential inclusion in payment programs.
  • Creates and maintains standardized documentation for measures used in the organization's quality programs.
  • Monitors and maintains documentation of the organizations registry programs and measures information in national programs, databases, and clearinghouses.
  • Provides project management support and subject matter expertise for the submission of American Heart Association and the American Stoke Associate measures to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for endorsement consideration or maintenance of endorsement.
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Five (5) years of relevant experience.
  • Experience with clinical performance measure development, testing, implementation, and/or endorsement.
  • Experience with quality measure development standards, such as Quality Data Model (QDM), Clinical Quality Language (CQL), HL7, Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) OR 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.
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Ability to orally present information.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • 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.
  • Familiarity with the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) measure submission and the endorsement process.
  • Experience working with committees and volunteers.
  • Ability to mentor/teach measure authoring and testing skills and the quality measurement lifecycle.
  • 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.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
  • Robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Employee wellness program and telemedicine.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.
  • 12 paid holidays off each year.
  • Tuition Assistance for further education and career development.
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