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American Institutes for Research · 5 hours ago

Senior Researcher, Quality Measures

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $145K/yr

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provide thought leadership to advance one or more areas of AIR’s measure development work (e.g., electronic clinical quality measurement [eCQMs], patient reported outcome measures [PROMs], surveys, claims-based measures) and drive forward ideas into actionable solutions

Provide technical leadership for projects that develop, adapt, maintain, and implement quality measures for Federal programs

Position AIR’s measure development area(s) through innovation, working with clients, and business development.

Work collaboratively with technical experts within and across project teams to ensure high quality, best-practice execution of core tasks on time and within budget such as: measure ideation, development of measure specifications, measure testing and validation, measure updates and maintenance, designing methodologies and scoring of alternative payment model participants, establishing benchmarks, and generating performance reports of participating entities (e.g., individual clinicians/providers, practices/healthcare delivery organizations, health systems, health plans).

Lead or support measure endorsement and maintenance of endorsement through adherence to processes established by the CMS Consensus Based Entity (CBE)

Contribute to strategic project planning; assist in identifying risk and developing risk mitigation plans.

Effectively coach and manage others to promote their development; set developmental goals and measurements for staff

Foster an environment that embraces diverse perspectives, abilities, racial/ethnic and cultural backgrounds, ages, gender identities and expressions, educational experiences, and life stories

Qualification

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. in public healthMeasure developmentPatient reported outcome measures (PROMs)ECQMsClinical Quality Language (CQL)Proposal writing for Federal agenciesBusiness developmentFast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)Risk adjustment methodologies

Required

Ph.D. in public health, psychology, health policy, measure development, or related field, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, or M.A., M.S., M.P.H., or equivalent degree in the mentioned areas with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.

Experience with measure development.

Expertise in one or more measure areas such as PROMs, PRO-based performance measures (PRO-PMs), Surveys, eCQMs and digital quality measures (dQMs), administrative data and claims-based measures.

Experience writing proposals for Federal agencies.

Experience developing, testing, maintaining, adapting, and implementing quality measures for Federal agencies.

Must possess strong leadership, organizational, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence.

Success in writing, conceptualizing, analyzing, and consulting.

Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy when writing.

Ability to learn quickly, take direction, and work independently.

Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with clients, remote and site-based staff, and others (e.g., partners, community members, healthcare professionals, health system leaders, health agency liaisons) to represent AIR in a professional manner.

Preferred

Experience in eCQMs/dQMs, Clinical Quality Language (CQL), and familiarity with Fast Healthcare Interoperabilty Resources (FHIR).

Experience in risk adjustment methodologies (including for survey-based measures).

Past successful project execution and business development efforts related to quality measurement for CMS programs, the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI), and CMS procurement vehicles (e.g., Measure and Instrument Development Support [MIDS] and Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design and Analysis [RMADA]).

Track record of contributing to successful proposal and business development efforts.

Direct experience with CMMI alternative payment models.