Data Analyst for Quality

Description
We're Hiring: Data Analyst for Quality
Join Carina Health Network and help us make Colorado communities healthier

Are you passionate about population health and interested in improving patient experience and outcomes? We support community health organizations across Colorado with technology, data, and resources that help people get the care they need, when and where they need it. If you're looking for a mission-driven organization where your work has a real impact in real communities, Carina could be the right place for you.

At Carina Health Network, we're transforming community health by helping our members deliver proactive, data-informed, and whole-person care that drives measurable impact. Our work helps people with chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure stay healthier, ensure older adults get regular check-ups, and identify mental health needs early. We help reduce unnecessary emergency room visits by connecting people with the right care at the right time.

Join us in reimagining the future of health care, where your work truly matters.

Job Summary
The Quality Analyst is responsible for leading the analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of quality performance data across Carina Health Network's partner organizations. The Quality Analyst supports efforts to demonstrate clinical quality, equity, and outcomes performance within value-based care programs across the network. The goal of this position is to inform strategy, identify opportunities to improve care quality, close clinical gaps, support regulatory and payer reporting, and enhance health outcomes for communities with rich diversity and disproportionate barriers to care served by network partners.

What You'll Do

Core Analysis & Reporting

• Lead the development, validation, and ongoing reporting of quality measures across multiple value-based programs, such as MSSP, Medicare Advantage, Commercial, and Medicaid.
• Produce routine and ad hoc quality performance dashboards and reports for internal departments and network partners,
• Support eCQM, HEDIS, Stars, and other payer-specific quality measure reporting as applicable.
• Analyze clinical quality trends, disparities, and gaps in care at the network, site, provider and patient levels.
• Identify opportunities for clinical quality improvement and health equity advancement.
• Partner with clinical, operational, and quality improvement teams to translate data into actionable improvement strategies.
• Monitor the impact of quality improvement interventions and provide ongoing feedback to stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on quality measure performance for partner organizations.
• Support the clinical workgroup, value-based care committee, and payer meetings with data analysis and interpretation.
• Support network strategy for quality performance under value-based and risk-based contracts.
• Assist in the development of quality targets, performance benchmarks, and incentive methodologies.
• Contribute to reporting, evaluations, and special projects related to quality and health equity.
• Stay current on changes to CMS and payer quality programs and measure specifications.
• Support audits.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives supporting value-based care, population health, and network growth.

Collaboration & Visualization

• Partner with Business Intelligence to design dashboards and scorecards (e.g., executive quality dashboards, payer program performance scorecards, health center quality scorecards, provider-level dashboards, gaps in care operational dashboards, health equity dashboards, clinical condition-specific dashboards, etc.) for both internal and external stakeholder use.
• Translate analytic results into clear narratives and actionable insights for diverse audiences, using plain language when presenting to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal teams, CHC leadership, payers, and technology partners to align analyses with strategic and operational needs.
• Support dissemination of findings through presentations, reports, publications, and conferences.
• Develop subject matter expertise in third party population health solutions to extract, analyze, and interpret quality data for value-based care initiatives.

Leadership & Organizational Support

• Participate in the planning and design of evaluation frameworks to ensure rigor and alignment with best practices.
• Support business development activities including product evaluations, demonstrations, and presentations.
• Share best practices and facilitate collaboration across Carina partner organizations.
• Attend relevant training, meetings, and conferences to stay current and support professional growth.
• Influence organizational strategy and annual goals by providing insights and recommendations based on data-driven observations.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Healthcare Informatics, Biostatistics or related field of study
• Master's preferred
• 3–5+ years of experience in healthcare quality analysis, population health analytics, or value-based care analytics; experience with FQHCs or ACOs highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with clinical quality measures (eg, eCQMS, HEDIS, Stars, MSSP, UDS).
• Strong analytic skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Strong proficiency in data analytics tools (SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, R/Python).
• Working knowledge of EHR data, claims data, and clinical data standards.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across clinical, operational, and financial teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Flexible, independent, and self-motivated with high accountability.
• Ability to work remotely with periodic travel as needed.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Insured group health, dental, and vison plans (Employer covers 100% of the cost for dental and vision)
• Medical and dependent care flexible spending