Population Health & Quality Improvement Specialist

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Wakefield (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health seeks a Population Health Specialist to support collaboration, care coordination, and quality improvement across POD leaders, practices and hospital leadership. Under the supervision of the Quality Manager, you will analyze quality, cost and utilization data to help meet contractual targets and optimize patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include acting as SME on HEDIS measures, managing chronic-disease registries, running campaigns to close care gaps, auditing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; healthcare environment preferred.
• Medical Assistant Certification or 3–5 years experience in healthcare.
• 3–5 years related experience in a healthcare environment.
• Strong knowledge of HEDIS ambulatory quality measures.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office; ability to create analyses and documents.
• Knowledge of LEAN or Six Sigma is a plus; travel to offsite meetings may be required.
• Familiarity with EMR systems such as eClinical Works, Athena, GE Centricity or Epic.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on HEDIS ambulatory quality measures and central resource for teams.
• Manage registries of chronic disease patients; ensure testing and meds adherence.
• Develop campaigns to address care gaps; monitor compliance and adjust as needed.
• Support process improvements to workflows and communicate findings.
• Provide training and ongoing support for quality measures and EMR systems.
• Review analytic reports monthly to track performance and opportunities.

Skills

HEDIS knowledge

MS Office suite

LEAN/Six Sigma knowledge

EMR knowledge: eClinical Works, Athena

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

eClinical Works

Athena

GE Centricity

Epic

Job description

Beth Israel Lahey Health seeks a Population Health Specialist to support collaboration, care coordination, and quality improvement across POD leaders, practices and hospital leadership. Under the supervision of the Quality Manager, you will analyze quality, cost and utilization data to help meet contractual targets and optimize patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include acting as SME on HEDIS measures, managing chronic-disease registries, running campaigns to close care gaps, auditing