Job Description
Vanguard Medical Group is actively seeking a Quality Review Specialist to join our Population Health team in Verona, NJ.
As a Quality Review Specialist, you will be responsible for supporting primary care teams, playing a key role in improving compliance on Population Health initiatives. Your role, embedded within a primary care office, focuses on tasks such as validating data, coordinating patient outreach, and managing data in Excel. While this position does not involve direct patient care, it offers a valuable opportunity for those interested in or pursuing a career in the healthcare industry. The role is based in the Verona, NJ office and may require onsite meetings.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
- Data Validation:
- Utilize electronic health records and Population Health management systems for data validation.
- Transfer patient data regarding quality care gaps from clinic medical records to VMG Population Health management platforms.
- Patient Outreach and Campaigns:
- Proactively work payer care gap reports for all VMG value-based lives.
- Perform patient outreach to schedule visits for campaigns such as annual wellness visits, physicals, breast cancer screening, and colorectal cancer screening.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Document patient outcomes and track work efforts within Microsoft Excel.
- Regularly review patient charts for screening needs and quality gap closure within Microsoft Excel.
- Order Placement and Coordination:
- Under the appropriate physician licensure, use standing orders to place orders for screening and quality gap closure needs.
- Collaboration and Compliance:
- Conduct medical records requests from various health insurance payors.
- Verify relevant coding in patient visit notes onto a population management platform.
- Collaborate effectively with the primary care team and VMG clinical performance teams.
- HIPAA Compliance and Mastery:
- Adhere to all HIPAA guidelines and policies.
- Maintain mastery in various Population Health initiatives.
- Technology Integration:
- Willingly work with new technology, including patient portals.