Associate Director - Healthcare Business Transformation Advisory

BRG•Baltimore, MD

1d•$125,000 - $300,000

About The Position

We do Consulting Differently BRG’s Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice provides clients with extensive healthcare industry expertise combined with data-driven, objective, and innovative solutions to their most complex problems. Our professionals have backgrounds in healthcare economics, information technology, management and administration, finance, accounting, government regulation and enforcement, and academia. Many have relevant advanced degrees and certifications including Ph.D.’s, MBAs, CPAs, CFEs, and coding certifications. Our experts have decades of experience and specialize in areas such as healthcare policy, finance, care delivery and clinical economics, reimbursement, operations, regulatory compliance, and health data and data management. A core strength of our practice is our ability to harness and unlock the power of the information generated in the healthcare system. We regularly leverage financial, clinical, operations, and survey data maintained by payers, providers, manufacturers, and government entities to develop solutions to our clients’ most pressing issues. Position Overview: The Associate Director position is an experienced senior level manager position. This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with strong analytical ability, advanced degree or significant work experience, and a desire to advance within the organization. The work of Associate Director will be client-facing and projects may consist of industry-specific assessments, implementation of improvement initiatives, or analytics and education.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the areas of business administration, clinical studies, information systems, economics, statistics, econometrics, computer science, or other related subject
Ten to fifteen (10-15) years of work experience in healthcare-based quality improvement.
Competence in statistical analysis, spreadsheet creation, data collection and entry.
Proven capability with data analytics tools, such as MS Excel or MS Access, SAS, and SQL.
Familiarity with clinical decisions tools such as Epic, Meditech, and Cerner.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational and planning skills.
Ability to work on multiple projects under multiple deadlines.
Highly professional, energetic and flexible.
Commitment to producing high quality analysis and attention to details.
Desire to work within a team environment.
Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Identify areas of opportunity for financial, clinical and data quality improvement with healthcare clients.
Monitor policy developments from national and state policymakers to determine impact on clients.
Develop written position statements or other collateral to support clients’ engagement with state policy makers and regulators.
Utilizing proven improvement tools and skills, organize and lead client workgroups targeted at sustainable improvement.
Facilitate relationships with healthcare clients’ stakeholders, including senior leadership, medical staff, clinical leadership, and financial leadership.
Develop and conduct education sessions on national and local payment reform methodologies and strategies.
Analyze financial, clinical, and quality improvement data to identify improvement opportunities and strategies.
Delegate assignments to staff, instruct and monitor progress, and review work product for completeness and accuracy.
Manage client relationships and communicate results and work product as appropriate.
Generate data visualizations using Excel, Tableau, Powerpoint or other analytical software.
Perform detailed research and analysis, then put the results into action (e.g., gather, review, and summarize literature and data from the public domain, specialized industry resources, or client, public and commercial databases).
Audit own work product and work product of others to assure quality.
Participate in a team environment and work hard to meet client deadlines and expectations.
Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
Participate in group practice meetings and provide creative recommendations that bring value to our clients.