Vice President of Quality & Population Health

Description

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is actively recruiting for a VP of Quality & Population Health to join our growing team in Cornwall, NY. 

RATE OF PAY/SALARY: $120,000 annually

WORK LOCATION(S): Cornwall, NY

STATUS: Full-Time

CORNERSTONE’S MISSION: 

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center with a mission to provide high quality, comprehensive, primary and preventative health care services in an environment of caring, dignity and respect to all people regardless of their ability to pay.  For more than fifty years, Cornerstone has been responsive to meeting the needs of the communities in which we serve with a continued emphasis on the underserved and those without access to health care regardless of race, economic status, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability. 

CORNERSTONE BENEFITS: 

Competitive salaries   I   Health Benefits   I   Retirement plan   I   Paid Time Off   I   Sick Time   I  Flexible Spending I   Dependent Care  I   Paid Holidays 

General Purpose: 

The Vice President of Quality, Informatics, and Population Health is a senior executive leader responsible for the strategic oversight, integration, and performance of the organization’s Quality, Informatics, and Population Health infrastructure. This role provides executive leadership for three core divisions—Informatics, Population Health, and Clinical Quality, ensuring alignment between data analytics, clinical quality improvement, population health strategies, and organizational goals.

The Vice President is accountable for ensuring compliance with HRSA Section 330 requirements, UDS reporting, PCMH standards, managed care quality programs, and value-based care initiatives. Through close collaboration with executive leadership, clinical leaders, and external partners, this role drives measurable improvements in access, quality, equity, and health outcomes across the continuum of care.

Organizational Quality & Population Health Strategy

• Provide executive leadership for the organization’s enterprise-wide Quality, Informatics, and Population Health strategy, ensuring alignment with the mission, strategic plan, and clinical priorities of the FQHC.
• Develop, implement, and continuously refine an integrated quality improvement and population health framework that aligns clinical quality, population health operations, and informatics capabilities.
• Establish organizational priorities and performance targets related to access, quality, preventive care, equity, and health outcomes.
• Ensure alignment of all quality and population health initiatives with HRSA Section 330 requirements, UDS clinical quality measures, PCMH standards, and value-based reimbursement models.
• Lead organizational readiness forcompliance reviews, audits, and HRSA Operational Site Visits related to quality, population health, and reporting.
• Serve as the executive sponsor for systemwide quality improvement initiatives and data driven performance management.

Population Health Division Oversight

• Provide executive oversight of population health outreach, wellness, preventive care, and engagement initiatives serving medically underserved populations
• Ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the organization’s three tier population health framework across all service lines
• Oversee population level screening, immunization, and wellness initiatives designed to reduce care gaps and improve long-term outcomes
• Ensure population health activities are compliant with HRSA Section 330, UDS clinical measures, managed care quality programs, and grant reporting requirements
• Monitor population health performance metrics and direct corrective action or redesign of strategies as needed
• Promote culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach approaches that advance health equity

Clinical Quality Division Oversight

• Provide executive leadership and accountability for the organization’s clinical quality improvement program across primary care and specialty services.
• Ensure integration of quality improvement, care gap closure, and pre-visit planning into daily clinical operations and care team workflows.
• Oversee provider-level and site-level clinical quality performance, including preventive services and chronic disease management.
• Ensure organizational readiness and compliance for PCMH accreditation, including standards implementation, documentation, audits, and ongoing maintenance.
• Collaborate with clinical leadership to address quality performance gaps and support continuous improvement initiatives
• Support patient safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance activities related to clinical quality.

Informatics & Data Analytics Leadership

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for the Informatics Division, ensuring that data systems effectively support clinical quality, population health, and operational decision making
• Oversee governance, optimization, and strategic use of the electronic medical record (eClinicalWorks – eCW) to support data integrity, quality reporting, and clinical workflows
• Ensure accuracy, validation, reconciliation, and integrity of data used for UDS submission, HRSA reporting, PCMH measures, and managed care quality reporting
• Establish standardized dashboards, registries, and reporting tools that support population health management and provider performance monitoring
• Translate complex analytics and performance data into actionable insights for executive leadership, providers, and care teams
• Collaborate with IT, clinical operations, and quality leadership to optimize EMR build, reporting functionality, and data workflow.

EMR (eClinicalWorks & eCR) Training & Optimization

• Provide executive oversight for organization wide training strategies related to EMR (eClinicalWorks & ECR) usage.
• Ensure effective onboarding and ongoing training of providers and staff on EMR workflows, documentation standards, quality measures, and reporting tools.
• Promote consistent, compliant use of the EMR to support clinical quality, population health initiatives, and accurate data capture.
• Support optimization of EMR workflows to improve efficiency, data quality, and provider experience.

Leadership & Supervision

• Provide direct supervision, leadership, and performance oversight to division leaders within Informatics, Population Health, and Clinical Quality
• Establish expectations, goals, and accountability structures for division leadership· Support leadership development, mentorship, and succession planning
• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and continuous quality improvement across divisions
• Promote a data driven organizational culture that values quality, equity, and measurable outcomes
• Partner with executive and operational leadership to initiate, support, and complete clinical quality improvement, population health, and data-driven performance improvement projects that rely on accurate, timely, and actionable information.
• Attend and participate in monthly department, All Staff, leadership, and other required meetings.
• Be familiar with and adhere to all clinical, administrative, and general policies and procedures as outlined in the Cornerstone Family Healthcare Policy and Procedure Manual and Employee Handbook.
• Maintain confidentiality of all aspects of Cornerstone Family Healthcare including, but not limited to, patient confidentiality, financials, strategic initiatives, and employee relations.
• Perform other related duties as assigned. 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Nursing, Health Informatics, or related field
• Minimum of seven years of progressive leadership experience
• Experience with HRSA Section 330, UDS, and PCMH requirements