Behavioral Health Provider Quality Manager (field)

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Behavioral Health Provider Quality Manager

LOCATION: This is a field role covering northwestern and southwestern Pennsylvania. When you are not in the field you will work virtually from your home.

HOURS: General business hours Monday through Friday.

TRAVEL: Travel is required throughout your assigned area(s).

This field-based role enables associates to primarily operate in the field traveling to client sites or designated locations as their role requires with occasional office attendance for meetings or training. This approach ensures flexibility responsiveness to client needs and direct hands-on engagement.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

This individual contributor role is responsible for leading Behavioral Health (BH) provider engagement with a focus on leveraging the data available to providers and helping to improve the value delivered to members. Drives BH provider performance improvement year over year through education and data. This role is responsible for a local market.

Primary duties may include but are not limited to:

• Establishes relationships and engages with BH providers and ensures measurable improvements in clinical and quality outcomes for members.

• Builds relationships with internal clinical and quality departments to ensure high quality care to members and achievement of company HEDIS performance.

• Implements strategies that meet clinical quality and network improvement goals through positive working relationships with providers state agencies advocacy groups and other market stakeholders.

• Meets with providers face to face telephonically and via Teams.

• Acts as a liaison between strategic providers and organization to ensure interdepartmental collaboration and coordination of goals.

• Supports regional and corporate initiatives regarding Alternative Payment Models (APM) including Value Based Payment (VBP) clinical innovation and thought leadership.

• Creates and maintains linkages between providers of all levels of care as well as other community-based services and resources.

• Partners with network providers and organization stakeholders to operationalize innovative programs and strategies to improve clinical and quality outcomes.

• Analyzes provider reports pertaining to cost utilization and outcomes and presents the data to providers and highlights trends.

• Identifies data outliers and opportunities for improvement for individual providers.

• Identifies high-performing and innovative providers who may be interested in new programmatic or payment models.

• Collaborates with regional leadership and network teams to identify providers who are best suited for APMs preferred provider networks and/or other aggregate data management programs.

• Participates in the identification of opportunities for expansion and development of innovative pilot programs.

• Contributes to the identification of best practices and integrates high-quality program ideas/designs into the local market to drive high levels of value.

• Provides consultation to providers for clinically complex members as applicable.

• Surfaces clinical and quality issues to regional clinical and quality teams and participates in helping to address concerns.

• Conducts medical record reviews annually or as needed with network providers across all service levels.

• Assists with provider orientations and provider training events in the region when applicable.

Required Qualifications

• Requires MA/MS in a Behavioral Health field and minimum of 10 years of professional experience in healthcare which includes a minimum of 5 years experience in a behavioral health setting; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.

• Current valid independent and unrestricted license such as RN LCSW LMFT LMHC LPC or Licensed Psychologist issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previously quality experience is very helpful.

• Experience analyzing and interpreting data is preferred.

• Proficiency in Microsoft applications especially Excel is strongly preferred.

• Managed care experience preferred.

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Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers our associates our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases paid holidays Paid Time Off and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement) medical dental vision short and long term disability benefits 401(k) match stock purchase plan life insurance wellness programs and financial education resources to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age citizenship status color creed disability ethnicity genetic information gender (including gender identity and gender expression) marital status national origin race religion sex sexual orientation veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal state and local laws including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.