Associate Director Clinical Performance Management - Richardson, TX - Full-time / Part-time

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The Associate Director Clinical Performance Management position is part of the Shared Services organization in our Population Health Management area with OptumHealth. This Service Delivery Lead (SDL) will be dedicated to a highly visible National Account - custom in Richardson, Texas. Position reports directly to the Executive Site Director. In addition to the responsibilities identified below, this is a very highly customer facing role that will be constantly interacting with the customer, account management teams in Optum and UHC, clinical staff, and supporting overall account needs within UHC.
 
You will be empowered to do your best by leading complex operational projects throughout the organization. This Associate Director will determine time frames, funding needs, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, allotment of resources to various phases of projects and lead others in the organization to make meaningful process improvements. You'll investigate non-standard requests and problems, make presentations to senior leadership, ensure project documentation is accurate and ensure projects are completed on time and within scope. Pertinent data and facts will be reviewed to identify and solve issues and mitigate risks.
 
Primary Responsibilities:

On a client by client basis evaluate medical expense trends and performance against book of business targets for key indicators and developing corrective action plans when required. Collaborate with account management, site operations leadership and program partners to execute action plans and monitor programs
Provide account management assistance with client presentations, interpretation of data, etc. around escalated member issues
Perform annual clinical analytical review on top accounts and others as requested and 1) Communicate variances to, or achievement of, committed metrics consistent with OptumHealth product definitions and/or performance guarantees and 2) Identify clinical product opportunities and make recommendations with defined value to support client population needs
Develop solutions based on client’s business requirements and/or internal operational process gaps. There is responsibility for working independently on complex clients, including those that require sophisticated integrations or new processes
Provide program and operational design oversight of customer implementations
Act as a clinical resource and subject matter expert (SME) to operational staff for innovative customer program design and development
Provide oversight of customer implementations, working independently on those that involve multifaceted clinical products and deliverables
Communicate client specific factors that may affect performance to account management, site operations and program partners including but not limited to: Client value drivers, Vendor issues, Network/clinical gaps, etc
Review processes to identify barriers which may contribute to underperformance specified accounts. Propose alternatives in collaboration with site operations and program partners that are cost / benefit neutral
Act as a liaison / informational resource for external program vendors, internal partners, and peers. Also, as needed serve in a client facing role to represent Optum Health products and services
Provide assistance to the operational site in preparing for all client and external audits and represent operations during the audits for clinical program changes and the advancement of solutions to currently identified gaps
Proactively identify best practices across sites and assist operational teams in implementing those same best practices in other sites when appropriate

Required Qualifications:

5+ or years in a managed care environment
5+ years of experience in operations inclusive of problem solving, process development and consensus building, preferably with multiple functions / departments
3+ years of external client facing or customer facing experience
3+ years proven analytics experience (gathering / analyzing data, developing reports, identifying appropriate changes/improvements, creating action steps based upon findings)
10% travel
Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Strong working knowledge of clinical / healthcare operations
Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s level education
Experience in utilization management, case management, disease management or discharge planning
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UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
 
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