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The Clinical Quality Consultant I will drive consistency, efficient processes and share best practices – in a collaborative effort with the providers – designed to facilitate a minimum 4 STAR rating. The CQCI will participate in quality improvement initiatives, develop recommendations for quality remediation plans and create tools and databases to capture relevant data for each region. This position will work collaboratively with the Senior Quality Consultants for each regional/market. This role will also work collaboratively with the Corporate Quality team on enterprise initiatives and activities in a matrix relationship.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop market business plans to motivate providers to engage in improving Stars measures to be 4 STARS or higher
• Provide analytical interpretation of Stars and HEDIS reporting, including executive summaries to plan and provider groups
• Be the primary go to person for all STARS related activities within their assigned market(s) working within a matrix relationship which includes Quality corporate operations and Regional/Market operations.
• Participate in Weekly, Monthly, Bi-monthly, Quarterly and/or Annual business Review meetings related to STAR activities which summarize provider group performance and market performance as requested by or required by Quality or Regional leadership.
• Review provider group structure and characteristics, provider group/provider office operations and personnel to identify the most effective approaches and strategies
• Focus communications and efforts accordingly
• Develop solution-based, user friendly initiatives to support practice success
  

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

This position is a hybrid role and allows you to work from home when you are not traveling to provider offices in the market or attending meetings in the office.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate Degree (in lieu of degree, 2 years of additional comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a assoicate degree)
• 1+ years of experience Healthcare/Health Plan
• 1+ years of HEDIS experience and/or knowledge
• Experience in managed care working with network and provider relations
• Professional experience persuading changes in behavior
• Solid knowledge of managed care requirements related to clinical quality
• Solid knowledge of the Medicare market, products and competitors
• Microsoft Office specialist with exceptional attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical and/or Health Education experience
• Knowledge base of clinical standards of care, preventative health, and Star measures
• Solid communication and presentation skills
• Solid relationship building skills with clinical and non-clinical personnel
• Demonstrated ability to interact with medical staff, peers, and internal company staff at all levels
• Ability to solve process problems crossing multiple functional areas and business units
• Solid problem-solving skills; the ability to analyze problems, draw relevant conclusions and devise and implement an appropriate plan of action
• Good business acumen, especially as it relates to Medicare

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds
• Ability to push or pull heavy objects using up to pounds of force
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to use fine motor skills to operate office equipment and/or machinery
• Ability to receive and comprehend instructions verbally and/or in writing

• Ability to use logical reasoning for simple and complex problem solving
  

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

WellMed was founded in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led company that could change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors. Through the WellMed Care Model, we specialize in helping our patients stay healthy by providing the care they need from doctors who care about them. We partner with multiple Medicare Advantage health plans in Texas and Florida and look forward to continuing growth.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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