Associate, Quality - Central Time Zone

What We Strive For 

At Strive Health, we’re driven by a purpose: transforming the broken kidney care system. Through early identification, engagement, and comprehensive coordinated care, we significantly improve outcomes for people with kidney disease, reducing emergency dialysis and inpatient utilization. Our high-touch care model integrates with local providers and uses predictive data to identify and support at-risk patients along their entire care journey. We embrace diversity, celebrate successes, and support each other, making Strive the destination for top talent in healthcare. Join us in making a real difference. 

Benefits & Perks 

• Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts. 
• Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based discretionary bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
• Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
• Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend. 
  

What You'll Do

The Quality Associate is responsible for executing day-to-day quality program activities, including coordinating resources, maintaining documentation, and supporting quality improvement work. This role partners with cross-functional teams to carry out Quality Management program deliverables and ensure timely follow-through on multiple initiatives and ongoing core components of the Quality program. 

Essential Functions  

• Execute day-to-day Quality Management program operations, coordinating resources and maintaining required documentation. 
• Support quality assurance activities to meet contractual specifications and internal/external accreditation requirements. 
• Manage and optimize Power Apps used for quality workflows (audit tracking, delegation oversight, credentialing monitoring, policy governance). 
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards supporting: NCQA adherence, delegation oversight metrics, non-clinical audit performance, value-based contract quality metrics, HEDIS-related operational tracking (as applicable). 
• Provides structured oversight to non-clinical audit operations, including audit universe management, sampling methodology, corrective action tracking, and remediation monitoring. 
• Acts as a resource on quality initiatives tied to patient safety, harm reduction, clinical performance, and regulatory/accreditation compliance. 
• Contribute to workgroups by managing deliverables, developing reports/research outputs, and supporting continuous improvement efforts. 
• Manage Quality working groups and stakeholder engagement by preparing meeting materials, capturing notes/action items, and assisting with communication plans (other duties as assigned). 

Minimum Qualifications 

• 5+ years combined of health care related education, experience, or certification.  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel including knowledge of pivot tables and basic formulas. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Bachelors degree in a health related field.  
• 3+ years of experience with case management, population health, health care administration, public health, and/or with a high-growth healthcare organization. 
• Ability to set and prioritize workload, develop a work plan with goals, tasks, time frames, milestones, resources, and dependencies.  
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written, including the ability to work with both internal and external stakeholders and conduct key informant interviews.   
• Ability to be self-motivated and self-directed, while possessing the ability to work in a team environment.  

Annual Salary Range: $66,500 - $77,000

Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all the qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to talentacquisition@strivehealth.com.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Strive Health will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.

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