Project Specialist - Texas All-Payor Claims Database - Hybrid
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
We are looking for a Full-Time Project Specialist to join the UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, TX. This position will support the Texas All-Payor Claims Database (TX-APCD) project, which collects administrative data for medical, pharmacy, and dental claims along with eligibility and provider files. The data sets are submitted by private and public payors in accordance with House Bill (HB) 2090 to provide the most comprehensive disease prevalence and incidence surveillance data available to decision-makers accountable for improving state population health. In this position, you will support the Data Operations Manager in preparing professional and concise public-facing material for the project webpage, supplemental material to data submitters, and administrative forms. The Project Specialist also conducts data entry of registration information and requests received for tracking purposes with regulatory deadlines, reviews data submitter activity to report compliance, and monitors the project’s general email inbox. This is a hybrid position.
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Provides technical writing, coordination, and administrative functions for the Texas All-Payor Claims Database (TX-APCD) project to assure its ongoing development and operations support to submitters. Areas of focus include data entry for processing of registrations and requests, as well as communication with submitters. The work requires attention to regulatory requirements that are deadline-driven along with strong written and verbal communication skills.
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Monitors general email inbox and coordinates with other team members to prepare responses.
- Processes registration information.
- Tracks submitter requests to finalize responses on or before required deadlines.
- Publishes content for TX-APCD webpages.
- Creates form and report templates.
- Writes and/or edits project-specific work instructions and public-facing material.
- Maintains file management of all formal documents received by and/or sent to submitters for records retention.
- Assists in the implementation of process quality improvements to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and project goals.
- Coordinates communication between internal and external stakeholders.
- Assists with preparing analytic and compliance reports based on submitter activity.
- May prepare/make oral and/or visual presentations.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Preferred Certification/Skills:
- Familiarity with document creation in Adobe Acrobat.
- Excellent technical writing, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Detail-oriented with emphasis on time management and ability to work independently using critical thinking to solve problems, improve processes, and coordinate deliverables.
Minimum Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, writing, or a related field or experience in lieu of education.
Minimum Experience:
- Three years of professional work experience.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston, visit http://go.uth.edu/careers!
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law.
UTHealth Houston has adopted a policy consistent with CMS regulations to protect our patients and university community from exposure to COVID-19. This policy affects all employees, residents, fellows, students, contractors, new hires, visiting scholars program participants, adjunct faculty, and volunteers who work, train, or collaborate at the John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center.
In addition, all UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth’s Houston rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations, including COVID-19 vaccination and safety requirements.
Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.
