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RN / QUALITY MANAGER

Manatee Physician Alliance, Florida, NY, United States


Responsibilities
This RN / Quality Manager position is full‑time on‑site, offers full benefits and a convenient day shift. The Quality Coordinator RN is a registered nurse who functions in a market quality leadership role in Population Health. This role helps drive quality best practices in a collaborative effort with payers, providers, support staff, managed care, VBC leaders and administration.

The Quality Coordinator RN will participate in quality improvement initiatives, develop recommendations for quality remediation plans and create tools and databases to capture relevant data for their respective region. The QCRN will also be a leader for their local quality support team, with attention to apportioning responsibilities for quality support staff across their respective market. This role will also develop collaborative payer relationships to maximize resource utilization for patient care.

Additionally, they will track quality performance on an ongoing basis with dissemination of performance metrics to key stakeholders (clinics, providers, administration) as a part of their leadership within a matrix relationship. The Quality Coordinator RN will be responsible for driving performance across plan metrics as outlined by the respective plans, optimize patient outcomes and system utilization, focus on STARS and HEDIS performance/metrics and help with MIPS measures. Additionally, the QCRN will help support quality staff competency and optimize clinic quality workflows within their region.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Analyze and evaluate provider group structure and characteristics, provider group/provider office operations and personnel to identify the most effective approaches and strategies

Optimize AWV completion and promote as an opportunity for completing HCC capture

Leadership of RN Care Managers and Population Health Coordinators within a collaborative environment, to maximize longitudinal care of the patients

STARS/HEDIS and MIPS Performance

Participate in the development of an annual work plan for improvement of STAR ratings, HEDIS and MIPS capture/performance from the position of the leader of the market quality team

Support system efforts that may include MSO initiatives, new payer contracts, and risk initiatives

Help create and support quality‑based clinic workflows geared towards capturing gaps in care (chart scrubbing, pre‑charting, huddles, Patient Care Conferences (PCCs))

Support provider reviews of performance on a regular cadence (monthly preferable)

Participate in payer meetings, create appropriate JOCs with payers

Optimizing HCC capture and appropriately maximizing RAF

Education of clinical staff concerning HCC capture and importance of RAF

Develop and implement strategies for maximization of attestation form completion

Longitudinal Care Coordination

Provide leadership of quality team in the ongoing development of quality and timely patient care across the care continuum

Develop collaborative relationships across the patient care spectrum in the pursuit of warm patient hand‑offs and a seamless care experience

Benefits (Full and Part‑Time Employees)

Challenging and rewarding work environment

Competitive compensation & paid time off

Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans

401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan

Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited nursing education program

Actively licensed by the state to practice as a registered nurse

Minimum of 5 years of associated Population Health/Quality experience within the health care industry, preferably ambulatory based and includes experience with HEDIS/STARS and MIPS

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Knowledge

Motivational intervening

Shared decision making

Patient‑centered medical home principles and population health principles (including care management, HEDIS/STARS and MIPS)

Must demonstrate knowledge and ability to work effectively with all levels of personnel

Knowledge of medical documentation requirements for meeting quality incentives

Demonstrates awareness of and use of appropriate body mechanics

Skills

Critical thinking, problem solving

Must possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate team leadership and interpersonal skills

Abilities

Must have the ability to problem solve and think critically

Ability to work both independently and support a regional quality team

Operate within the concept of patient‑centered care

Ability to coach and mentor clinical and non‑clinical staff

Equipment Operated

Standard office equipment (laptop computer, fax, copier scanner)

Pop Health/EMR software

Work Environment

Office or outpatient medical office setting

Works in a well‑lit, OSHA standard environment

May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases and bloodborne pathogens

May be in contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances

Local ND domestic travel

Occasionally subject to irregular hours

May be required to wear personal protective equipment as necessary.

EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal‑opportunity employers and, as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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