The American Academy of Ophthalmology is looking for a Quality Measurement and Regulatory Affairs Manager. This position is responsible for initiating, developing and maintaining quality measures for use in the Academy’s Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS)clinical data registry. This position also monitors federal legislative and regulatory policies related to health care quality and health information technology (HIT) and works with senior Academy staff to advance related Academy advocacy/policy priorities related to the IRIS Registry, HIT issues and physician payment projects.

Have knowledge about clinical quality measures, measure development and technical specifications, and qualified clinical data registry regulatory requirements A bachelor’s degree is required.

As an organization, we recognize that our employees are the reason that the Academy has been successful. Along with work-life-balance we offer a great benefits package, including some perks you won’t find at other workplaces.

For more information and to apply: https://www.aao.org/jobs

Salary: $114,200 - $120,210

• Knowledge about clinical quality measures, measure development and technical specifications, and qualified clinical data registries
• Knowledge about cost measures, measure development and technical specifications
• Knowledge of clinical quality improvement initiatives and performance improvement models (e.g., CMMI demonstration models).
• Understanding of quality care and performance measurement landscape as it relates to provider reimbursement, including a thorough knowledge of the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) and Merit-Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
• Knowledge of HIT regulations, including information blocking and CEHRT requirements.
• Understanding of the Federal regulatory process
• Experience with performance measure methodologies for data collection, analysis, interpretation and testing, including e-measure specifications
• Experience with coding terminology sets, i.e., ICD, CPT, SNOMED, RxNorm, NDC, LOINC
• Excellent written communication skills, experience with regulatory comment letter writing required

About American Academy of Ophthalmology

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world’s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons. A global community of 32,000 medical doctors, we protect sight and empower lives by setting the standards for ophthalmic education and advocating for our patients and the public. We innovate to advance our profession and to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality eye care. For more information, visit www.aao.org. We offer our employees competitive base salaries, discretionary year-end bonuses, comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental and vision), generous vacation days with additional gifts of time, in addition to 10 paid holidays per year. For more information on benefits please go to: http://www.aao.org/jobs/benefits

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