Peach State Health Plan

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Peach State Health Plan is part of Centene, a national organization focused on transforming the health of communities. The Senior Quality Improvement Specialist is responsible for leading complex health services initiatives, ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, and improving the quality of health care delivery for members. Responsibilities • Leads and manages multiple complex initiatives that impact the quality or effectiveness of health care delivery and/or health care services provided to members. • Ensures that clinical and service quality improvement programs and initiatives are compliant with applicable accreditation, state and federal requirements. • Conducts an assessment of programs, initiatives and interventions to ensure goals and objectives were met and refine activities, as needed, to improve the effectiveness and improve outcomes. • Conducts vendor oversight and management. • Develops targeted activities to improve Star Ratings, HEDIS, CAHPS, HOS, provider satisfaction and other identified performance measures. • Develops and implements project-related communication including, but not limited to, member/physician mailings, IVR scripts, emails, business plans, graphics, and maintains minutes and agendas. • Participates in the development and maintenance of annual quality improvement program documents and evaluations, compliance audits, policies and procedures, and improvement activities. • Develops internal reports to demonstrate progress on each initiative/project and presents to senior-level staff. • Describes outreach initiatives, potential/experienced barriers and activities to resolve issues and improve outcomes. • Leads and/or participates in multi-department/cross-functional committees and work groups which support key initiatives, prepares reports, data, agendas/minutes or other materials for committee presentation and management. • Identifies areas of improvement within the company and works collaboratively with other departments to develop clinical and non-clinical performance improvement projects. • Researches best practices, national and regional benchmarks, and industry standards. • Develops collaborative relationships with contracted providers or provider groups to promote participation in quality improvement collaboratives to improve clinical care outcomes. • May lead and/or participate in external activities, work groups or committees when applicable. • Communicates programs, interventions and results to external entities in accordance with applicable program objectives, policies and procedures. • Develops and/or maintains relationships with other external organizations to expand key partnerships. • Assesses current industry trends and regulations for enterprise-wide adoption to assure quality and effectiveness of health care delivery and/or healthcare services provided to members. • Performs all other duties as assigned. • Complies with all policies and standards Skills • Minimum three years experience in a clinical/health care environment with related degree program • Three to five years managed care experience in a health care environment • Experience in compliance, accreditation, service or quality improvement • Valid state clinical license • Certified Professional in Health Care Quality (CPHQ) • Complex Project Management Experience • Experience with Medicare and/or NCQA Education Requirements • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience with clinical license or Master’s Degree in related health field (i.e. MPH or MPA) Benefits • Health insurance • 401K • Stock purchase plans • Tuition reimbursement • Paid time off plus holidays • A flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules Company Overview • Peach State Health Plan is a Care Management Organization that provides health care services through its provider network. It is a sub-organization of Centene. It was founded in 2006, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.pshpgeorgia.com/.