Strategic Quality Project Manager for ACO Programs

Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization seeks an ACO Quality Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide quality programs, including MSSP, ACO REACH, and Commercial payer initiatives. This role partners with executives, providers, analytics, IT, and practice leadership to translate payer requirements into strategies that improve outcomes and reduce risk.

You will drive design-through-results initiatives, manage complex timelines, and ensure measurable improvements across the ACO while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or related field is required or preferred.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in healthcare quality or performance improvement, preferably in an ACO or value-based care setting.
• Experience with quality measurement programs such as CMS ACO measures, HEDIS, STARS, and CAHPS is required.
• Experience with data analysis and QI methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, PDSA, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Own the quality strategy for assigned ACO payer programs, aligning quality goals with priorities and benchmarks.
• Develop and maintain an annual Quality Improvement Strategic Plan with interventions, timelines, owners, and metrics.
• Lead targeted quality improvement efforts for high-impact measures across clinical and analytics teams.
• Provide oversight for quality reporting activities and timely submissions across payer programs.
• Prepare and manage clinical quality measure readiness with internal analysts and IT teams.
• Manage quality attestations end-to-end with secure intake and timely follow-up.
• Provide executive-level quality performance updates with trends, risks, and outcomes.
• Lead audit readiness activities and ensure successful payer audits with minimal findings.

Skills

Quality improvement

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

EHR systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization seeks an ACO Quality Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide quality programs, including MSSP, ACO REACH, and Commercial payer initiatives. This role partners with executives, providers, analytics, IT, and practice leadership to translate payer requirements into strategies that improve outcomes and reduce risk.

You will drive design-through-results initiatives, manage complex timelines, and ensure measurable improvements across the ACO while maintaining