Sr. Program Development Manager

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

 

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Program Development Manager, Data Solutions, Performance Measures!

 

This position can be home-based.

 

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.

 

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Responsibilities

This position implements the Association’s Measures Program to develop and maintain the measures and registries in the Association’s suite of quality programs: GWTG Stroke, Heart Failure, AFib, Resus, Mission Lifeline, Ambulatory Quality, and certification/accreditation programs.  This includes measuring concept development, specification, review, and converting volunteer quality improvement concepts into actionable plans, measures, and products. This position works with data quality, use, and other compliance processes. This position is a frequent liaison between the Quality and Advocacy and Science organizations supporting measure surveillance, workgroup nominations, and comments.  Supports the Director of Quality and Health IT to further the department's Strategic Plan. Participates in the national measure and registry committees as determined by the Director of Quality and Health IT.  Works with the NQF endorsement process.  

• To create and implement a specific HIT strategic plan supported by volunteers and Senior Management, aligning with Quality and Health IT’s overall strategic plan. With the HIT strategic plan, we will be expected to communicate in writing and verbally to senior Management, Volunteers, QSIAT, and the NC Quality team the obstacles, successes, and the timeframe for completion.
• Will be expected to positively position the Association in the performance measures and Pay for Performance domains; collaborate with (under the guidance of the VP of Programs and Operations of the Association’s Science Leadership, Internal Advocacy, Office of Public Advocacy, and other internal and external groups/partners.
• Ensure the measures team continuously updates the master list of CV measures and creates and maintains reporting to senior management on the measures library and the status of measures in progress by developing and implementing written workflows, policy documents, and project plans.
• As directed, support the organization’s work on these national activities (and others as deemed appropriate via the annual Quality Agenda)
• TJC/CDC/Association stroke Measures Collaborative
• ACC Measure development
• National Quality Forum representation and account management
• American Medical Association Physician Consortium co-management with science
• National Committee for Quality Assurance Committee on Performance Measures support to the Association’s science
• Any other relationship that develops in support of national activities.

• Execute or co-lead (under Director, Quality and Health IT guidance) appropriate demonstration projects (with AMA, CMS, AHRQ, etc. for the Association’s participation)
• Support the Director, Quality and Health IT to drive the Association’s guidelines into practice beyond GWTG proactively, e.g. Ambulatory Strategy and others, as directed.
• Expected to be the staff lead in communicating with the Office of Public Advocacy on legislative, regulatory and relationship strategies to drive the organization’s Quality Agenda.

 

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent work experience
• Five – Eight years of experience
• Excellent Oral and Written communication skills
• Project Management skills
• Experience with MS Office Products – Word, Excel, PPT.
• Ability to do research and analysis
• Ability to take high level information and make relatable for the entire Quality and Health IT team
• Ability to travel up to 15% local and overnight stay.

 

Compensation & Benefits

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