Senior Health Care Quality Measures 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 Senior Health Care Quality Measures Manager supporting our team at our National Center in Dallas, TX! This role can be home based.

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.

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Responsibilities

• 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)
• In collaboration with volunteers and the organizations staff (measures, research, and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) 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; etc. for changes that may impact the organizations measures or programs.
• Coordinates with others from the organizations staff to communicate changes in national programs and impact to volunteer workgroups and other organizations staff members.
• National Quality Forum representation and account management.
• National Committee for Quality Assurance Committee on Performance Measures support to the Association’s science
• 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