[Hiring] Senior Specialist, Quality Prog Mgmt & Performance (RN) @Molina Healthcare

Role Description

Provides senior level clinical support to quality team - contributing to quality management programs, initiatives, audits, data analysis and quality improvement surveys and state/federal quality compliance activities. Contributes to overarching strategy to provide safe, efficient and cost-effective member care.

• Ensures individual and systemic quality of care investigations are performed timely, accurately, and in accordance with state-based requirements.
• Adheres to structure and processes for tracking and trending reportable incidents, quality of care events, member service concerns, and mortalities.
• Performs quality monitoring activities, including audits of medical record quality, services and service sites, health and safety, and follow-up monitoring of placement settings.
• Monitors and ensures that key quality activities that involve clinical decision-making are completed on time and accurately; presents results to key departmental leadership and other departments as needed.
• Implements key quality strategies that require a component of near real-time clinical decision-making, including:
  • Initiation and management of interventions (e.g., improving patient safety).
  • Preparation and review of potential quality of care and critical incident cases.
  • Review of medical record documentation for credentialing and model of care oversight.
  • Any other federal and state required quality activities.
• Adheres to written documentation and business practices (e.g., policies and procedures, desk-level procedures, manuals, and process flows) that explain business requirements and how the unit operationalizes those requirements.
• Supports the creation and ongoing revision of policies and procedures reflective of state requirements for all quality management functions, including:
  • Quality monitoring audits.
  • Credentialing and recredentialing.
  • Quality of care concerns.
  • Peer review.
• Demonstrates understanding of requirements of the quality management program and day-to-day work processes to support compliance with state contract, policies, and program requirements.
• Evaluates project/program activities and results to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Raises any gaps in processes that may require remediation to appropriate leadership; may be asked to focus on parts of a process where a clinician's perspective would be valuable to uncover process gaps or limitations.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience in health care, with a minimum of 1 year of experience in quality management and clinical quality investigations, preferably in a managed care setting, or equivalent experience.
• Registered Nurse. License must be active and unrestricted in state of practice.
• Some states may require 1 year of behavioral health experience (depends on state/contractual requirements).
• Quality auditing, peer review, and process improvement experience.
• Knowledge of Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
• Strong attention to detail, critical-thinking, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work cross-collaboratively in a highly matrixed organization.
• Time-management skills and ability to multi-task.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Microsoft Office suite/applicable software program(s) proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Professional in Health Quality (CPHQ).
• Medical record abstraction experience.
• Managed care experience.
• Ability to work across all levels of the organization, including working with executive audiences, vendors, providers, and the government as a customer.

Benefits

Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package.

Company Description

Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V.