Healthcare Program Lead/Director - REMOTE

Chandra Technologies, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandra Technologies, Inc is seeking a Program Lead for NC HIEA's Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program in the Washington, DC area. You will guide EHR integration, data quality, and system enhancements to advance North Carolina's RHT objectives.

Responsibilities include aligning implementation planning with statewide projects, negotiating vendor services, hiring technical staff, securing federal funds, and establishing processes for successful rollout across multiple agencies.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and collaboration across agencies

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding of rural providers to NC HealthConnex
• Provide targeted technical assistance
• Develop tailored training programs
• Oversee personnel and vendor support for RHT
• Collaborate with NC DHHS and partners on engagement strategies and KPIs

Skills

Health IT

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor oversight

Contract negotiation

KPIs & QI

Job description

Job Description

• Crop to Crop resumes are accepted

The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program Lead will serve as the program lead for NC HIEA's efforts under the RHT project. NC HIEA has a tremendous opportunity to increase the impact of NC HealthConnex through electronic health record integration, clinical data quality improvement, NC HealthConnex system enhancement and other work for NC's implementation of the RHT Project. NC HIEA's RHT proposal was incorporated in NC's larger application with CMS approved work.

To capitalize on this opportunity, NC HIEA needs a lead and program manager to ensure that:

• NC HIEA’s RHT implementation planning is aligned with statewide RHT project planning
• vendor services needed to support NC HIEA RHT workstreams are thoughtfully negotiated and established
• technical staff with the capacity to implement NCHIEA RHT workstreams are hired
• agreements with partner agencies are in place to secure the flow of federal funds
• processes are established to ensure successful implementation

This a high priority and high visibility program that crosses multiple teams and agencies to ensure alignment and support for RHTP in the state of North Carolina.

This Person Will

• Lead efforts to support eligible rural healthcare providers with:
• the onboarding of their facilities to NC HealthConnex
• targeted technical assistance
• tailored training programs
• Oversee personnel and technical vendor support dedicated to accomplishing the goals of RHT
• Work with NC DHHS, rural healthcare providers, and other RHT partners to support implementation, including development of provider and payer engagement strategies, alignment with state and federal policies, and establishment of KPIs and continuous quality improvement processes.

Required Skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills for internal and cross-agency coordination

Expertise in health IT, health services, and health policy; experience with clinical data in a Health Information Exchange context preferred

Strong project leadership and stakeholder engagement skills

Advanced knowledge of procurement, vendor oversight, and contract negotiation

Ability to develop KPIs and continuous quality improvement processes

Familiarity with federal funding compliance and CMS program requirements