Position Title: Quality Improvement Specialist (HEDIS)

Work Location: Remote – Kentucky

Assignment Duration: 6 months

Work Schedule: Standard 8-hour workday starting at 8:00 AM EST and ending between 4:30–5:00 PM EST, depending on 0.5–1-hour lunch break

Work Arrangement: Remote

Position Summary:
• Supporting Wellcare of KY Improvement department and the HEDIS Operations team.
• These positions join a team comprised of abstractors and over readers, with a primary goal of identifying services to close quality measure gaps.
• This assignment is to support the existing team in constructing and managing Q4 initiatives to improve performance and to carry out the annual HEDIS hybrid chart chase project.
• Regular communication and collaboration with permanent staff on a scheduled and ad-hoc basis will be required.
• Comfortability with outbound phone calls is required for this role.

Qualification & Experience:
• Education/Certification:

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Healthcare, or Quality

• Preferred: N/A
  • Licensure:

• Required: N/A

• Preferred: RN, BSN, LPN
  • Experience:

• Must have: Experience with HEDIS programs or NCQA-related topics, Microsoft Excel proficiency

• Nice to have: Experience with HEDIS medical record abstraction preferred

• Disqualifiers: No Quality Improvement experience
  • Performance Indicators: Average daily productivity metrics outlined for record requests sent, records processed for intake, abstractions completed, or other duties assigned – to mirror permanent staff.

Top 3 Must-Have Hard Skills (Stack Ranked):

1. Microsoft Excel – Beginner to Intermediate (Sort, Filter, Format, Basic Visualizations, Simple Formulas)

2. Medical Record Abstraction (Quality HEDIS) – Beginner to Intermediate

3. Database Management / Standardized Data Entry – Intermediate
   
    

   Candidate Requirements
   Education/Certification	Required: Required: Bachelor’s Degree Nursing, Healthcare, Quality			Preferred:N/A
   Licensure	Required: N/A			Preferred:RN, BSN, LPN
   Years of experience required: Must have: Experience with HEDIS programs or NCQA related topics, Microsoft Excel proficiency Nice to have: Experience with HEDIS medical record abstraction preferred Disqualifiers: No Quality Improvement experience Performance indicators: Average daily productivity metrics outlined for record requests sent, records processed for intake, abstractions completed, or other duties assigned – to mirror permanent staff.
   Top 3 must-have hard skills stack-ranked by importance		1	Microsoft Excel - Beginner to Intermediate (Sort, Filter, Format, Basic Visualizations, Simple Formulas)
   		2	Medical record abstraction (Quality HEDIS) – Beginner to Intermediate
   		3	Database Management / Standardized Data Entry – Intermediate

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 21.00/hr.