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Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare?

Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone?

Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community?

Do you want to have fun at work?

Then join the growing team at Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) that is transforming the delivery of healthcare in the United States!

SUMMARY

HSAG is nationally recognized as an industry leader in the areas of audits, data analysis, measure development, and patient satisfaction surveys. We are in search of talented individuals who are interested in furthering their career in analytic project management as an Audits Manager III in HSAG\'s Data Science & Advanced Analytics division. Together we can spread positive change to make healthcare better.

UNIQUE BENEFITS

The Audits Manager III position benefits from HSAG\'s desire to grow its staff into future leaders of healthcare quality improvement in the nation. HSAG\'s managers are provided formal training in an assortment of healthcare-related topics, including health policy, clinical concepts, overview of analytic methods, data sources, and management techniques.

HSAG offers:

• A comfortable work-life balance, including flexible work schedules.
• Three weeks of paid time off and 13 company-paid holidays where staff leave two hours early prior to each holiday to get a \"jump start\" on holiday festivities.

HSAG offers a competitive benefit package which includes medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and 401(k).

DESCRIPTION

The Audits Manager III position is a leader on cutting-edge audit work that spans the broad spectrum of healthcare audit projects at HSAG. Driven by intellectual curiosity and a passion for healthcare quality, this position performs healthcare auditing, data validation, and leads performance measurement projects through various stages including implementation, day-to-day operations, audit support, evaluation, and reporting. Activities include managing staff in developing work plans and timelines; leading and overseeing project tasks; leading client teleconferences and meetings; presenting on healthcare topics; supervising and/or mentoring junior staff; and providing regular progress reports to Data Science & Advanced Analytics leadership.

Details regarding potential project assignments will be discussed with candidates during the interview process.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a major member of HSAG\'s Audits department within DSAA.

• Lead the management of multiple client contracts.

• Manage Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)

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  audit operations with limited supervision.

• Act in a liaison capacity between appropriate management personnel and staff, transmitting decisions and information to organizational units as appropriate, as well as outside agencies and organizations.

{=html} <!-- --> - Lead project management tasks, including communication (written, phone, fax). - Communicate directly with project partners, consultants, subcontractors, and other entities on audit and performance measure validation-related projects. - Prepare project deliverables and lead documentation and submission of deliverables using the appropriate mechanism (i.e., electronic, hard copy, direct data entry etc.). - Develop and adhere to project timeline and task schedules, identify opportunities to improve the project process, and develop quality improvement activities accordingly. - Meet agreed-upon deadlines in a timely fashion; independently and accurately prepare and type d liverables, reports, various project documents, letters, and other material. - Conduct research via the Internet including literature searches of clinical topics as assigned. - Participate in pertinent healthcare educational and training presentations as required. - Conduct Internal Quality Control (IQC) monitoring regarding efficiency/effectiveness of activities conducted. Present issues and recommended solutions and take corrective actions as indicated. - Write new business proposals. - Develop budgets and forecasts for projects. - Coordinate client invoices as needed. - Present on healthcare topics. - Supervise junior staff. - Represent HSAG in a professional manner at all times.

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HEDIS Certified Measures is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Compensation: 97,000 - 120000 DOE

Job Requirements:

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Bachelor\'s degree or master\'s level training in healthcare-related field.

Master\'s degree preferred.

At least thirteen (13) years of work experience.

At least ten (10) years of