Digital Quality Measures Lead, Part-Time

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a senior technical authority on federally funded electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) development contracts.

• Establish the technical direction for FHIR-based digital quality measure specification initiatives.

• Function as the primary technical liaison with CMS and other clients regarding digital quality measurement topics.

• Mentor measure developers and analysts in their professional growth.

• Facilitate the transition from Quality Data Model (QDM)-based eCQMs to FHIR-based digital Quality Measures (dQMs), ensuring alignment with US Core and QI-Core implementation guides.

• Represent AIR in pertinent HL7 workgroups.

• Ensure alignment of FHIR and interoperability practices across various projects.

• Supervise subcontractor efforts in creating FHIR-based specifications.

• Lead technical teams in authoring FHIR-based dQMs within the MADiE framework.

• Troubleshoot issues related to logic, terminology, and value sets; review outputs from MADiE.

• Manage the annual updates for dQMs.

• Review work products to ensure accuracy and consistency.

• Assess technical partners and platforms for proposal submissions.

• Contribute to the development of technical approaches, staffing plans, and effort estimates for federal RFPs.

• Represent AIR in client meetings, technical expert panels, and standards workgroups.

• Build strategic partnerships with public agencies, nonprofits, philanthropic organizations, and academic institutions.

• Share insights, innovations, and lessons learned from technical assistance practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master's degree in health informatics, computer science, public health, nursing, or a related field, accompanied by at least 11 years of relevant experience.

• More than 7 years of experience in health care quality measurement.

• Direct, hands-on experience in authoring QDM-based eCQMs and FHIR-based dQMs.

• Proficient knowledge of FHIR resources and implementation guides pertinent to quality measurement, including US Core, QI-Core, and Data Exchange for Quality Measures.

• Familiarity with the CMS eCQM lifecycle, annual update processes, and value set management.

• Experience with federal contracts, particularly with CMS.

• Ability to lead or mentor junior technical staff while also engaging in hands-on technical work.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Previous experience at a CMS contractor supporting quality measure development or maintenance.

• Understanding of federal quality reporting program structures.

• Advanced project management capabilities.

• Skills in stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and relationship building.

• HL7 FHIR Foundation certification or legacy FHIR R4 Proficiency credential is preferred but not mandatory.

• A clinical background or clinical informatics training is preferred.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis.

• Employment-based visa sponsorship is not available.

• May need to fulfill specific residency requirements based on project work.

• Selected candidates will be subjected to reference and background checks.

🏝️ Benefits

• AIR’s Total Rewards Program.

• Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.

• Reference and background checks.

• Drug-free work environment.

• Reasonable accommodations during the employment process.

• Remote work opportunities within the United States or the option to work from a U.S. office location.