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Improving lives and elevating performance are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why more health system leaders trust Shields to elevate access, outcomes and growth within specialty pharmacy — delivering value throughout the entire health system. Leveraging our proven Shields Performance Platform – we deliver the financial results that health systems demand and the superior outcomes patients deserve. With the foremost leaders in specialty pharmacy on our team; proven success partnering with more than 70 health systems; and a vested interest in delivering measurable results – we are the partner health systems trust to transform their specialty pharmacy into a powerful growth engine and elevate performance where it matters most.
Overview:The Accreditation Analyst is responsible for numerous workflows involved in establishing and maintaining specialty pharmacy accreditations on behalf of each partnering health system.
Key Responsibilities
- Play a key role in the assessment and fulfillment of clinical and operational reporting requirements mandated by accreditors;
- Participate in the preparation and submission of applications related to accreditation access on behalf of Shields partners;
- Conduct primary and secondary research in support of data needs for the accreditation process; with a focus on URAC and ACHC specialty pharmacy standards;
- Aggregation of data for Quality Management Committees and Quality Management Program activities such as Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs) and collection of Performance Indicator (PI) data, using a variety of software, system reports, and other tools;
- Analyze and prepare data, including recognizing discrepancies, errors, duplications, etc.;
- Support workstreams related to accreditation data aggregation for QMC meeting minutes and any other requested data needs;
- Independently manage data from numerous workstreams related to accreditation purposes;
- Assist Accreditation teammates in providing exceptional and timely customer service to our partners on all matters related to accreditation data;
- Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems;
- Willingness to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of the Company;
- Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential;
- Other duties as assigned
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years experience with data analytics
- Proficiency in Excel, Smartsheets, Outlook, Adobe, Word, and other Microsoft tools
- Experience with data aggregation and presentation of data
- Ability to communicate results in a clear and concise manner via Excel tables, email communication, and PowerPoint slides
- Exceptionally organized and data driven
- Comfortable and successful handling numerous concurrent work streams
- Preferred: Project management and/or, healthcare contracting experience; clinical, pharmacy, 340B, or specialty pharmacy accreditation
- Traits: Organized, high-integrity, strict attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator, self-motivated
- Other: Energetic, highly motivated, team player, extreme discretion and confidentiality are essential as this position deals with highly sensitive and private data in a HIPAA compliant environment
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