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Clinical Quality Coordinator Hybrid role

Healthcare

Clinical Coordinator

No

Boise, Idaho, United States

$1,500 Sign-on bonus for external candidates

Do you have a passion to transform healthcare and millions of lives as a result? This starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life’s best work.(sm)


This position is responsible for the coordination of HEDIS and STARs data gathering process. This evaluates the quality and completeness of clinical documentation processes by performing quality medical record reviews, assisting in the improvement of the clinical documentation process, identifying trends, maintaining accurate records of review activities, ensures all data submitted to the health plan meets the HEDIS/Star technical specifications for medical records.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Assisting in the review of medical records to highlight Star/HEDIS opportunities for the medical staff
  • Review medical records for data collection, data entry, and quality monitoring including health plan/Optum form submission and chart collection activities that close gaps in care
  • Partner with the leadership team, the practice administrative or clinical staff to identify trends observed and potential strategies to support the practice
  • Communicate scheduling challenges or trends that may negatively impact quality outcomes.
  • Track and trend barriers/challenges that exist at their assigned groups so that better outcomes can be achieved including access to appointments, lack of follow up on referrals, or inconsistent billing practices
  • Activities may include data collection, data entry, quality monitoring, health plan/Optum form submission, and chart collection activities
  • Assists with local IRR audits
  • Navigate multiple documentation systems and obtain medical record sections supportive of HEDIS/Star measures
  • Support chart chase process by requesting records from provider’s offices as needed
  • Maintains education/knowledge base of HEDIS/STARs

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

  • High School diploma or GED
  • 3+ years of healthcare experience to include experience in a managed care setting.
  • Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of college, in pursuance of a Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree
  • 3+ years of experience with data analysis/quality chart reviews. Ability to review data and provide recommendations for improvement
  • Licensed Practical/Registered Nurse or Certified Professional Coder
  • 2+ years of experience working with HEDIS/STAR measures
  • 1+ years of HEDIS/STAR experience or participation with similar regulatory reporting
  • Experience using Microsoft office applications, including databases, word-processing, and excel spreadsheets
  • ICD 9/10 and CPT coding experience
  • Experience working in a physician, provider, and/or medical office
  • EMR and HEDIS knowledge and experience

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment

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OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so, OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to both owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making and patient care. OptumCare’s support services do not interfere with or control the practice of medicine by the medical practices or any of their physicians.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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