Massachusetts has taken a national leadership role in seeking to achieve universal health insurance coverage for its residents.  It has also been a leader in the development of health information technology (“HIT”), including the dissemination of electronic health records (“EHR”) and heath information exchanges (“HIE”). Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2008, enacted in August 2008 (“Chapter 305”), established the Healthcare Information Technology Council (the “Council”) and the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (“MeHI”) as a non-divisible component of our client as the single State-wide entity responsible for the coordination and the dissemination on a State-wide basis of EHR in all provider settings networked through an interoperable HIE.  Because of the unified structure created by Chapter 305, with enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009, and its HITECH Act provisions, our client, acting through MeHI, was designated by the Governor as the applicable State agency to receive funding under the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program and by the Medicaid Director to serve, if approved by the Office of the National Coordinator, as the single Regional Extension Center (“REC”) for the entire Commonwealth.

Requirements:

The for Medicaid Operations Director will be responsible for supporting operational planning and communications of the Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program,   The planning process will commence in August 2010 and will focus on working collaboratively with both the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)/MassHealth and MeHI management and staff to ensure the effective coordination of all Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program activities within EOHHS and MeHI.  Once the planning process for supporting the Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program is complete, the Medicaid Operations Director will hire additional staff, as defined during the planning process, to support this effort on a long-term basis at the Westborough, MA campus.  The Medicaid Operations Director will also work closely with the management of the Massachusetts Regional Extension Center (REC) to ensure transparency of processes, communications, staffing, etc. since the Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program will be supported through the REC.  In additional to line responsibility, the Operations Director will serve as MeHI’s Account Manager for MassHealth.

Qualifications:

• Our candidate of choice will have a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, economics, heath care or related field; a master’s degree would be a plus. 

• You will have more than eight years of progressive work experience and three or more years of experience working with MassHealth and physicians or health care professionals in a clinical practice or hospital setting.

• You should have a strong background with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts healthcare environment and HIT services and products including EOHHS.     

• Your ability to hire and manage a team of professionals and facilitate group success while serving as the primary point of contact with MassHealth on the Medicaid HER Incentive Payment Program will be an important factor in your success.   

• You ability understand and implement complex technology projects, recognize decision points, and design and deliver creative solutions coupled with your ability to partner with a wide variety of constituencies across industries and political lines will be critical to your success.  

• You will need strong interpersonal skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills along with computer proficiency and knowledge of interpreting financial information to accomplish your day-to-day task successfully.

This highly visible role will be located in Westborough, MA and may require frequent travel to our clients Boston offices.