Job Description

The Healthcare Quality Analyst - Population Health plays a key role in driving improvements in patient outcomes, quality performance, and operational effectiveness across the organization. This position is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting healthcare data, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement quality initiatives, track performance, and support population health strategies. The analyst ensures data accuracy, provides actionable insights, and supports compliance with regulatory and value-based care programs.

Quality & Population Health Analysis

• Analyze healthcare utilization, chronic disease trends, and social determinants of health (SDoH).
• Identify high-risk patient populations and support targeted, data-driven interventions.
• Collaborate with care teams on quality improvement initiatives, including PDSA cycles.
• Track and trend key metrics related to quality measures, value-based care, and grant deliverables.
• Monitor adherence to clinical workflows and highlight opportunities for performance improvement.

Data Management & Reporting

• Collect, manage, validate, and reconcile data from multiple healthcare systems.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations to support internal decision-making and external reporting.
• Perform root cause analysis on performance gaps and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Automate and standardize reporting processes where feasible to increase efficiency.

Communication & Project Support

• Prepare summary reports and presentations for internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Communicate data insights, project updates, and improvement opportunities clearly and effectively.
• Support documentation and standardization of workflows and reporting tools.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure alignment on improvement strategies and goals.

Regulatory Compliance & Governance

• Ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with requirements including HRSA, HEDIS, Medi-Cal/Medicare managed care, and UDS.
• Uphold HIPAA standards and organizational data privacy policies in all work.
• Assist with audit preparation, grant reporting, and other compliance-related deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Statistics, or related field
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience working in data analysis and decision support with analytical software proficiency required.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare reporting and data visualization
• Strong background and knowledge of EMR, quality reports, claims data and reimbursement quality required.
• Strong project management experience required.
• Solid and proven experience working with diverse communities in a non-profit or healthcare setting required.
• Experience with ambulatory EMRs preferred
• Workflow redesign experience preferred.
• Experience in working with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and the Uniform Data System (UDS) preferred.

Benefits

We offer excellent benefits including: medical (100% paid co-payments, premiums, etc.), dental, vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage), generous paid leave benefits including holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement plans with an Employer match, tuition reimbursement, monthly treats, pet insurance, and more.

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