Measures Developer

Basic Function:

Under limited supervision, the Quality Measures Developer provides advanced analytic and technical expertise in the development, programming, implementation, validation, and maintenance of electronic quality measures within healthcare settings. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and validating healthcare quality measures by interpreting specifications, mapping clinical data, performing testing and quality reporting analysis, and programming measure logic using SQL, CQL, Python, and other applicable programming languages and healthcare data standards. Write, debug, and enhance code and automated processes to capture, process, validate, and analyze electronic healthcare quality data, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and reporting readiness.

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Organizational Relationships:

Reports to the Director of Analytic Resources

Role and Responsibilities:

• Interpret quality measure specifications and translate clinical, regulatory, and business requirements into technical designs, executable measure logic, and reporting solutions. 
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize electronic quality measures using SQL, Clinical Quality Language (CQL), and related healthcare data standards. 
• Perform data mapping, interoperability implementation, and integration activities utilizing standards such as FHIR, QDM, and related frameworks. 
• Develop and execute validation strategies, test cases, and data quality assessments to ensure measure accuracy, reliability, and compliance. 
• Analyze healthcare data, investigate discrepancies, and perform root cause analyses.
• Collaborate with clinicians, analysts, developers, and stakeholders to implement, maintain, and enhance electronic quality measurement solutions. 
• Develop technical documentation, reports, and presentations to communicate measure performance, findings, and recommendations. 
• Support modernization efforts through automation, advanced analytics, interoperability, and cloud-based solutions, improving the scalability, performance, and efficiency of quality measurement and reporting processes.
• Maintain measure specifications and support ongoing updates, regulatory reporting requirements, and system enhancements. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

N/A

Skills / Professional Competencies Required:

• Strong knowledge of healthcare quality measurement, eCQMs, and quality reporting programs (CMS, HEDIS, Joint Commission, MIPS), with the ability to translate measure specifications and regulatory requirements into technical solutions. 
• Proficiency in SQL, CQL, and related analytical tools for developing, maintaining, validating, and optimizing electronic quality measures and reporting solutions. 
• Proficiency in programming languages and software development tools.
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards and interoperability frameworks, including FHIR, QDM, and HL7, as well as healthcare coding and terminology systems (ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, SNOMED CT, LOINC, and RxNorm). 
• Experience with healthcare data analysis, validation, testing, quality assurance, data integration, relational databases, data modeling, and ETL/ELT processes. 
• Integrate quality measurement solutions with production, testing, compliance, and enterprise data systems to automate data collection, validation, and reporting, leveraging cloud-based data and analytics platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure and related technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, root cause analysis, organizational, and project management skills. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively present technical concepts and findings to both clinical and technical audiences.

Minimum Education/Training Required:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Health Informatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative or technical discipline.

Minimum Experience Required:

At least five (5) years of experience in healthcare quality measurement, health informatics, healthcare analytics, clinical reporting, healthcare technology, software development, or a related field.

Substitution(s):

A Master's degree in a relevant discipline may substitute for up to two (2) years of applicable experience. Relevant certifications in healthcare informatics, quality measurement, interoperability, analytics, software development, cloud technologies, or healthcare coding may substitute for up to one (1) year of related experience. 

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

N/A

Security Level:

Low 

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

The physical demands marked below are representative of those that will be required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The environmental conditions marked below are common to this job: 

Acknowledgement:

I hereby verify that I understand the job description and requirements and attest that I meet minimum requirements for the position. I understand that management may assign other duties/responsibilities at any time. I also understand that should licensure/certification be a mandatory part of the job, that I will maintain and renew such license/certification as required. I understand that I am obligated to notify Human Resources and my supervisor should there be a change in status of such license/certification within one business day of the change. I understand that failure to maintain current licensure/certification and complete mandatory continuing educational requirements may lead to disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. I further understand that this job description does not constitute an employment contract. Instead, I understand that I am an at-will employee and that my employment may be terminated, with or without cause, at any time by either the employer or me.