Epic Solutions Architect Lead – STARS & Population Health

CVS Health; Arkansas; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director, Solutions Architect for Epic Applications to lead architecture for Healthy Planet and STARS reporting. You will oversee end-to-end solutions and drive data integration across care coordination and population health tools.

The role requires deep Epic experience, strategic leadership, and collaboration with quality, risk adjustment, and IT leadership to deliver compliant, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 10+ years of healthcare IT experience, with 5+ years focused on Epic applications.
• Deep hands-on or architectural experience with Epic Healthy Planet, Care Everywhere, and/or population health modules.
• Strong understanding of CMS STARS methodology, HEDIS measures, and quality/risk adjustment reporting requirements.
• Experience architecting solutions involving Clarity, Caboodle, and/or Epic reporting tools.
• Proven track record leading enterprise-scale Epic initiatives and managing technical teams.
• Strong understanding of value-based care, ACO operations, and payer-provider data exchange.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solutions architecture for Epic Healthy Planet, care coordination workflows, and STARS/HEDIS reporting.
• Design scalable data models connecting Epic Clarity/Caboodle, Healthy Planet registries, care management, and risk stratification tools to quality reporting needs.
• Serve as technical authority on Epic population health suite and its integration with clinical, claims, and payer data sources.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and data teams to align with data governance and interoperability strategies.
• Evaluate build vs. buy decisions for third-party STARS/quality vendors integrating with Epic.

Skills

Executive presence

Cross-functional leadership

Architectural thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Epic Healthy Planet

Care Everywhere

Clarity

Caboodle

Reporting Workbench

SlicerDicer

HL7/FHIR interoperability

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director, Solutions Architect for Epic Applications to lead architecture for Healthy Planet and STARS reporting. You will oversee end-to-end solutions and drive data integration across care coordination and population health tools.

The role requires deep Epic experience, strategic leadership, and collaboration with quality, risk adjustment, and IT leadership to deliver compliant, scalable solutions.