Position Summary:

The Post-Acute Network Performance Specialist is responsible for facility-level performance engagement and operational partnership across Luminis Health’s post-acute network.

This role serves as the hospital-designated performance liaison to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and, as phased, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACHs), and other post-acute partners.

The Specialist supports execution of the enterprise post-acute strategy by conducting structured performance reviews, identifying operational barriers impacting throughput and readmissions, and facilitating resolution pathways in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

This position operates at the partner-performance level and does not perform inpatient discharge planning, placement decisions, or care management workflows.

Essential Job Duties:

Conduct Facility-Level Performance Reviews

Lead recurring structured performance discussions with assigned post-acute partners to review throughput, readmissions, referral patterns, and operational reliability metrics.

Monitor Partner Performance Trends

Analyze facility-specific data to identify emerging patterns related to acceptance timeliness, cycle time variability, readmission trends, and escalation frequency.

Support Barrier Identification and Resolution

Identify recurring operational or clinical barriers impacting patient transitions and coordinate structured resolution plans in collaboration with partner leadership and internal stakeholders.

Facilitate Escalation Communication

Serve as the first-line external liaison for performance-related concerns, ensuring timely documentation, communication, and follow-up of identified issues.

Promote Throughput Reliability

Work with post-acute partners to improve referral responsiveness, documentation alignment, authorization readiness, and discharge progression reliability.

Support Preferred Network Performance Standards

Reinforce established performance expectations and tiering criteria through routine engagement and performance transparency.

Strengthen Clinical Alignment Conversations

Collaborate with facility clinical leadership to review readmission diagnoses, high-impact DRG trends, and transition breakdowns that may impact system performance.

Maintain Structured Performance Documentation

Track meeting outcomes, barrier logs, corrective actions, and performance improvement initiatives in accordance with departmental governance standards.

Provide Intelligence to Manager and Director

Escalate systemic trends, recurring patterns, and high-variance performance issues to leadership to inform enterprise-level decision-making.

Support Network Expansion and Governance Scaling

Assist with onboarding of new partner facilities into the governance model as the network expands across SNF, IRF, LTACH, and home-based settings.

Qualifications/Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Social Work, or related field required.

Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in post-acute care, care management, hospital operations, or healthcare performance improvement.

Demonstrated experience in one or more:

Post-acute strategy

Population health

Care continuum operations

Value-based payment models

Healthcare network development

Experience in Maryland’s TCOC or similar global budget environment strongly preferred.

Proven ability to influence executive and external partner stakeholders

High ethical standards and a commitment to compliance

Excellent organizational, time management and problem-solving skills

Ability to function effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Required License/Certifications:

N/A

Working Conditions, Equipment, Physical Demands:

Requires travel between Luminis Health campuses and post-acute partner facilities

Physical Demands – Light Duty

The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.