Clinical Quality Management Analyst

Description

GENERAL OVERVIEW:  

Responsible for working with appropriate departments in the areas of compliance, process improvement and member/provider satisfaction for all product lines. Review, researches and responds to customer complaints relating to quality of medical care and service. Recommends and/or implements process improvements related to the potential of quality medical care and service. Serves as a resource regarding accreditation standards including NCQA standards and continuous quality improvement principles. May coordinate accreditation activities on behalf of the organization. Perform special studies per audits, conducting office site visits and medical records reviews, ensuring resolution of member/provider complaints in timely manner. Coordinating credentialing and re-credentialing activities to include QM information, and support preparations for regulatory audits.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Develops, manages process improvement initiatives from member/providers to include detailed data analysis, process analysis, report generation and documentation.   

2. Conduct, collect and analyze data from office site and/or medical record reviews to continually improve the care and service to members and coordination with the credentialing and quality improvement programs to achieve and maintain accreditation.

3. Monitor changes, corrections and clarifications in applicable regulatory/accrediting body requirements and make adjustments to the compliance plan.

4. Conduct annual audits, identify gaps, communicate results and re-audit

5. Other duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum

• Current state RN license or a Bachelor’s degree in a Healthcare-related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant, progressive experience in the area of specialization. Grandfathered experience requirements effective August 2016.

Preferred

• An understanding of Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts, techniques, process and outcome measurements ( 1-2 years)
• An understanding of statistics is also preferred in order to analyze various reports and validate study methodologies (1-2 years)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  

• Excellent verbal communication skills and professional manner, excellent written communication skills and a familiarity with a variety of writing styles.   Must be able to communicate with medical administrators, including Medical Directors and Physician Advisors related to problem identification, action plan implementation, ongoing monitoring and problem resolution. (1-2 years)

• Demonstrated computer literacy and knowledge of information systems and comparative data bases.  Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.) (1-3 years)

• Well-developed, analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to understand and interpret clinical data.

• Prior project management experience preferred (1-3 years)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Is Travel Required?

Yes   

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