Associate Director of Quality - Mount Sinai Health Partners

Mount Sinai is one of the largest non-profit health systems in the U.S. with a strong reputation for quality of care (18th ranked academic medical center) and research/education (22nd ranked medical school). Our health system has ~40,000 employees working together to provide billions of dollars in high-quality care for millions of patients each year.

We are accelerating a transition to a business model focused on population health management – our goal is to keep entire communities healthy and out of the hospital.  Mount Sinai Health Partners (MSHP) is the team driving this transformation within Mount Sinai.  The team includes 400+ employees with clinical, contracting, finance, IT, analytics, operations, and product development expertise.  

MSHP is a business unit within Mount Sinai and is looking for team members who:

•    Are comfortable “playing up” and “playing down” as needed to accomplish business objectives 
•    Thrive in fast-paced work environments
•    Seek to improve the status quo  

Within MSHP, the Quality Team drives the implementation and ongoing improvement of initiatives that enable Mount Sinai to deliver better value to its patients, its customers (i.e., plan sponsors and payers), its providers, and its partners. At Mount Sinai, value is defined broadly and encompasses improved health outcomes, more efficient operations, better patient experience, more joyful care team environment, and improved financial performance. The Quality Team works directly with the Chief Population Health Officer and Chief Clinical Integration Officer of Mount Sinai. 

The Associate Director of Quality role is both strategic and operational. The Associate Director will work directly with both clinical and operational leadership in order to develop strategy, and identify and track performance on key indicators. The Associate Director’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, analyzing the Mount Sinai Health System’s performance against national benchmarks, planning content for physician education initiatives, and serving as a key cross-functional liaison for the core Quality Team. The Associate Director will interact with a wide variety of stakeholders throughout the health system and prepare executive presentations about the Quality program’s financial and clinical impact. The Associate Director of Quality will report to the Director for Quality and Patient Engagement. The Associate Director of Quality will be the direct manager of the MSHP Quality Care Coordinators. 
 

Performance Analysis 
•    Structure and perform analyses to measure outcomes, communicate impact, and support strategic decision-making (i.e., financial, clinical, and claims analyses)
•    Perform research to inform project teams of relevant background content and market trends; synthesize research into applicable insights that drive effective decision-making
•    Develop presentations that communicate the goals, content, and progress of strategic initiatives to leaders across the Population Health enterprise, the broader Mount Sinai Health System, and key external stakeholder groups
•    Stay current on developments within the healthcare industry to understand where the market is moving, what innovation is leading the way, and inform ways in which Mount Sinai can continue to advance its reputation as a leader of population health in New York City and across the country

Quality Improvement
•    Create and effectively manage project work plans, coordinating across multiple stakeholders, including:
o    Analytics
o    IT
o    Care Coordination
o    Physician Engagement
o    Communications
o    Vendors
o    Academic Departments
o    EHR
•    Drive interdisciplinary meetings, ensuring quality initiatives are accomplished effectively and on time
•    Serve as operational support for quality initiatives, contributing to strategy, process design, implementation, and ongoing evaluation and improvement

Quality Reporting
•    Data extraction and acquisition across the clinically integrated network
•    Operational point of contact for payer quality reporting 
•    Content expertise for standard quality measures (HEDIS, PQRS, MIPS, etc.)
•    Interface with analytics, IT, and providers to provide high fidelity internal quality reporting 
•    Manage EHR optimization, automated data acquisition, and natural language processing for quality data capture
 

Education and Experience
?    Bachelor's degree in public health/administration or business or a related field or equivalent education and experience; Masters (MPA, MPH, MBA or related) is strongly preferred
?    5-7 years of experience in a professional business environment, of which at least 4 years of experience at a management consulting firm, in healt