Program Manager- Quality Program Specialist

Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Health is seeking a Quality Program Specialist to support system-wide value-based care initiatives, including bundled payments and shared savings. You will work with clinicians, operations, and analytics to monitor performance, close care gaps, and deliver timely reports.

Reporting to senior leaders, this role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, standardized workflows, and action-oriented insights to improve patient outcomes and contract performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred in business, health administration, or related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years of healthcare quality, population health, or value-based care experience.
• Familiarity with EMR reporting tools (Epic) and understanding of HCC coding.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Program Management - Bundled Payments: support implementation and ongoing management across service lines.
• Shared Savings Contract Support: track performance and translate metrics into actionable plans.
• Clinical Gap Closure: lead initiatives for improving quality measures and care gaps.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: analyze trends and prepare executive-level summaries.
• Clinical & Operational Engagement: liaise between quality, operations, and clinical teams.
• Process Improvement & Standardization: develop SOPs and standard workflows; collaborate with IT.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Duke Health Integrated Practice

Duke Health Integrated Practice comprises more than 110 primary and specialty outpatient clinics, extending the reach of the Duke Health mission across the state of North Carolina.

JOB LOCATION

DHIP Administrative Offices RTP - 4825 Creekstone Dr

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the DHIP Associate Vice President for Clinical Planning and Growth and working in partnership with the DHIP Chief Financial Officer, DHIP Community Chief Medical Officer, and DHIP VP of Operations, DHIP Network Management Directors this position works directly with the Community DHIP network, practices, physicians and practice leadership. Quality Program Specialist is an individual contributor responsible for supporting the execution and performance of system wide value-based care programs, including bundled payments, shared savings contracts, and quality gap closure initiatives. This role collaborates closely with clinical, operational, and analytics teams to monitor quality performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive adoption of standardized workflows. The position serves as a key liaison between centralized quality functions and frontline practice teams to ensure consistent execution of strategies that improve patient outcomes and contract performance.

• Goals of role
  • Top tier performance in targeted quality measures and gap closure rates
  • Contribution to successful performance in bundled payment and shared savings programs
  • Adoption of standardized workflows across supported practices
  • Delivery of accurate, timely, and actionable reporting

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Management - Bundled Payments

• Supports implementation and ongoing management of bundled payment programs across targeted service lines
• Monitors performance metrics, including cost, utilization, and quality outcomes
• Works with clinical and operational teams to align workflows with bundle requirements and improve episode performance
• Support quality based contract negotiations

Shared Savings Contract Support

• Tracks performance against shared savings contracts, including Medicare and commercial value-based arrangements
• Partners with operations, finance and analytics teams to identify drivers of cost and quality performance
• Translates contract quality metrics into actionable plans for practices and providers
• Identifies risks to performance and supports mitigation strategies
• Work with coding and clinical to appropriately communicate risk level of patient using HCC risk coding guidelines

Clinical Gap Closure

• Leads initiatives to improve quality performance, including HEDIS and Star Ratings measures
• Supports practice-level strategies for clinical gap closure (e.g., preventive screenings, chronic disease management, annual wellness visits)
• Collaborates with care teams and outreach functions to improve patient engagement and completion of care gaps

Data Analysis & Reporting *

• Analyzes performance data to identify trends, variation, and opportunities for improvement
• Prepares structured reports and executive-level summaries highlighting key insights and recommended actions
• Supports internal and external reporting requirements related to quality and value-based contracts

Clinical & Operational Engagement *

• Serves as a liaison between quality, operations, and clinical teams
• Provides education and guidance on quality measures, documentation, and workflow expectations
• Participates in performance reviews with practices and contributes to action planning
• Connect with patients as needed to support continuity of care measures. Flag and support high risk patients for clinical intervention

Process Improvement & Standardization

• Identifies opportunities to standardize quality workflows across practices
• Analyses and recommendation for new program development. Provide implementation support for new programs based on a data driven strategy
• Supports development and implementation of SOPs related to:
  • Gap closure workflows o
  • Bundle program operations
  • Documentation and coding practices
• Collaborates with IT/EMR teams to optimize systems supporting quality measurement and reporting
• Work with leadership teams throughout the Health System, serving as a resource to help reduce costs, enhance revenues, achieve effective utilization and quality goals and objectives, analyze and utilize information to develop and support management decisions.

JOB ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  • A Master's Degree in Business Administration, Health Administration or related field is preferred

Experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in healthcare quality, population health, or value-based care programs
• Experience in an integrated delivery system or large physician enterprise
• Familiarity with EMR reporting tools (Epic)
• Demonstrated understanding of HCC coding
• Lean or Six Sigma certification preferred
• Healthcare coaching certification or experience preferred

JOB HOURS

The schedule for this position is day shifts, Monday-Friday, with no weekends or holidays.

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