Director, Quality Improvement, Digital Quality Measurement
Posted Sep 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a quality improvement project you led that raised a measure rate. What did you change?
What they are checking: Track record of moving actual performance, not just reporting it.
How do you get IT, clinical and operations leaders to support a multi-year change they don't own?
What they are checking: Executive influence across functions that is needed to carry a transformation forward.
What would you do
How do you keep the plan audit-ready for HEDIS while you're changing how the data is collected?
What they are checking: Ability to modernize without putting the annual audit and reported rates at risk.
How would you work with the Medicare Stars team to improve the overall rating?
What they are checking: Understanding of how HEDIS and other measures feed Star ratings and plan revenue.
A vendor's supplemental data feed starts failing just before the HEDIS deadline. What do you do?
What they are checking: Crisis management and backup planning under a hard regulatory deadline.
About the work
What does a move to digital quality measurement mean to you, and how would you lead it here?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real strategy for modernizing quality data collection, not just familiarity with buzzwords.
Explain how ECDS measures differ from traditional HEDIS hybrid measures and what that means for operations.
What they are checking: Working knowledge of ECDS and how it changes data sourcing and chart review work.
How does FHIR help with quality measurement, and what gets in the way of using it in practice?
What they are checking: Practical understanding of interoperability, including data quality and provider adoption barriers.
How do you translate a clinical measure specification into requirements the technology team can build?
What they are checking: The bridging skill the posting calls out between clinical requirements and technology solutions.
How does quality improvement connect to risk adjustment, and why does accurate documentation matter for both?
What they are checking: Awareness that the posting ties risk adjustment to quality, and that both rely on complete data.
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