Lead Interoperability Analyst

Position Title: Lead Interface & Interoperability Analyst
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Duration: One Year Contract with likely possibility of extensions

Job Summary

IRG Clients is seeking an experienced Lead Interface & Interoperability Analyst to lead healthcare data integration, interface management, and interoperability initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of hands-on experience working with HL7, FHIR, healthcare integration engines, and clinical data exchange.

The candidate will be responsible for managing healthcare interfaces, supporting federal CMS interoperability requirements, improving data exchange processes, and ensuring compliance with healthcare data standards. This role also involves working with Infor Cloverleaf, FHIR APIs, MarkLogic, and cloud platforms while coordinating with healthcare providers, payers, managed care organizations, and technical teams.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, manage interface operations, maintain technical documentation, and guide a small team of interoperability professionals.

Key Responsibilities

1. Healthcare Interface Management & Integration

• Manage, monitor, and maintain HL7 and FHIR-based healthcare interfaces.
• Configure and support healthcare integration engines such as Infor Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, MuleSoft, or InterSystems.
• Manage message routing, data transformation, interface configuration, and error handling.
• Troubleshoot and resolve interface failures, message errors, and data exchange issues.
• Coordinate with healthcare providers, payers, MCOs, and external partners to support data integration.

2. Healthcare Interoperability & CMS Compliance

• Support healthcare interoperability initiatives in compliance with CMS-9115-F and CMS-0057-F requirements.
• Support implementation and maintenance of FHIR-based APIs, including:
  • Patient Access API
  • Provider Directory API
  • Provider Access API
  • Payer-to-Payer API
  • Prior Authorization API
• Ensure compliance with HL7 FHIR, US Core, Da Vinci Implementation Guides, and USCDI standards.
• Support FHIR API testing, validation, documentation, and implementation.
• Coordinate with technical teams and vendors to resolve interoperability issues.

3. Interface Documentation & Process Improvement

• Develop and maintain interface specifications, data flow diagrams, mapping documents, and technical documentation.
• Conduct assessments of existing healthcare interfaces and identify areas for improvement.
• Document HIPAA-covered interfaces, including data sources, destinations, message types, and data elements.
• Develop SOPs, troubleshooting guides, operational runbooks, and knowledge base documents.
• Identify opportunities to improve interface performance, reliability, automation, and operational efficiency.

4. Document Management & Governance

• Implement and maintain enterprise document management systems.
• Establish document management standards, version control, access management, and retention policies.
• Organize and maintain technical documentation, project artifacts, SOPs, and compliance records.
• Ensure document management practices align with HIPAA, CMS, and state records management requirements.

5. Integration Engine Migration

• Plan and support Infor Cloverleaf configuration migration to new infrastructure environments.
• Develop migration plans, testing strategies, and rollback procedures.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, network, and vendor teams during migration activities.
• Perform post-migration validation to ensure data integrity and uninterrupted interface operations.

6. Technical Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and coordinate a small team of technical contractors supporting healthcare interoperability.
• Assign tasks, provide technical guidance, and review team deliverables.
• Conduct interface configuration reviews, code reviews, and quality assurance activities.
• Monitor project progress, manage priorities, and provide regular status reports to IT leadership.
• Coordinate with vendors, stakeholders, and technical teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive healthcare IT experience with hands-on experience in HL7 v2.x and/or HL7 FHIR interfaces.
• Strong experience with healthcare integration engines such as Infor Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, MuleSoft, or InterSystems.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare data standards, including:
  • HL7 v2.x
  • HL7 FHIR R4
  • CDA / CCDA
  • X12
  • USCDI
• Experience with healthcare interoperability in Medicaid, managed care, hospital, healthcare, or EHR environments.
• Experience with EHR interfaces and clinical data exchange.
• Experience implementing and maintaining document management systems and governance processes.
• Experience leading technical teams, assigning work, and reviewing deliverables.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA Privacy and Security requirements.
• Experience developing interface documentation, data flow diagrams, and process improvement plans.
• Excellent communication, documentation, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management skills.
• Master's degree in Information Technology, Health Informatics, or a related technical or management discipline.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with state or federal government healthcare IT projects, particularly Medicaid.
• Experience supporting CMS-9115-F and CMS-0057-F interoperability requirements.
• Hands-on experience with Infor Cloverleaf configuration, administration, and migration.
• Experience with MarkLogic or similar NoSQL databases.
• Experience implementing and testing FHIR APIs using US Core and Da Vinci Implementation Guides.
• Knowledge of SMART on FHIR and OAuth 2.0 authentication.
• Experience with AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Experience with Okta or Auth0 identity and access management platforms.
• Experience with SharePoint, Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, and GitLab.
• HL7 certification or equivalent healthcare integration certification.
• PMP or similar project management certification.
• Knowledge of CMS ARC-AMPE security requirements.