What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality and Value-Based Care Consultant position at Iowa Primary Care Association?
ABOUT US
The Iowa Primary Care Association (Iowa PCA) has supported Iowa’s community health centers for over 36 years to expand access to affordable, high quality, integrated care. The Iowa PCA, along with our sister companies INConcertCare (INCC) and IowaHealth (IH ), provides training, technical assistance, and shared services opportunities in quality improvement, value-based care, health information technology, and other areas. We are now expanding our services through a new partnership with Iowa Health and Human Services to serve as the new statewide Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization (BH-ASO). It’s an exciting opportunity to expand our efforts and connection to the broader behavioral health safety net.
PURPOSE OF POSITION
The Quality and Value-Based Care Consultant will be primarily responsible for providing support to the strategic initiatives and value-based contracts of IowaHealth , a clinically and financially integrated network of Federally Qualified Health Centers in Iowa. This position will be responsible for working in partnership with key staff at member health centers to take actions to propel success and ensure that annual performance targets are met.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
- Work with the Director of Value-Based Care and Quality and other key stakeholders to understand, precisely document, and prioritize all value-based contract requirements, and then organize these requirements into a coherent roadmap that outlines key activities and milestones.
- Monitor and maintain roadmap and progress against key activities and compliance with all contract requirements.
- Lead the planning, facilitation, and follow-up for the IowaHealth Clinical Quality Committee (CQC), Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) and Value-Based Care Task Force (VBCTF). Lead work groups or committees as assigned.
- Use available data and evidence based best practices to develop creative and innovative strategies, interventions, and other performance improvement strategies in collaboration with health center members.
- Assist IowaHealth member health centers in developing Models of Care to drive to meet identified performance outcomes.
- Work with the Clinical Informatics Consultant to help member health center care teams access and understand data and reports to define and implement new population health management actions or interventions.
- Provide thorough written summaries, status updates, assessments, and scorecards in collaboration with data team members as needed.
- Provide organizational support for IowaHealth including: Ensure documents and other collateral are stored, and that reporting requirements are met; Assist with data gathering & collateral development for quarterly IH participation standard scorecard. Lead the coordination, providing content, and facilitating in-person Transformation Collaborative events, which occur tri-annually, as needed.
- Prepare and present progress against goals monthly to Boards, Members, Committees, or health center executive teams as directed.
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned, exhibiting willingness to adapt when requested to get the job done.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Degree in health care administration, nursing, business management, public health, or another health-related field preferred.
- At least three years of professional experience working in a health care setting or organization. Experience working in an accountable care organization preferred.
- Experience working with health care analytics and performance reporting.
- Experience with healthcare transformation, process improvement, workflow redesign, and continuous quality improvement methodologies preferred.
TELECOMMUTING AND TRAVEL
This position is required to be on-site at least two days per work week.
Some travel may be required to community health centers via vehicle or conferences via air travel.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Iowa PCA Core Values: Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Proactive, Transformative