Healthcare Interoperability Specialist
Healthcare Interoperability Specialist Location: Remote (Raleigh NC) Employment Type: Contract, 8+ months Compensation: $50–55/hr W2 or $60–65/hr C2C/1099, all-inclusive We are seeking an experienced Healthcare Interoperability Specialist to support healthcare organizations with electronic health record (EHR) integration, health information exchange onboarding, clinical-data quality, and interoperability standards adoption. This role will partner with providers, EHR vendors, technical teams, and business stakeholders to enable accurate, secure, and standards-aligned clinical data exchange that supports care coordination and population-health initiatives. The ideal candidate combines strong healthcare IT and EHR experience with practical knowledge of HL7, C-CDA/CCD, FHIR, and clinical workflow integration. They should be comfortable troubleshooting technical issues while clearly explaining complex interoperability concepts to non-technical audiences. Similar roles commonly focus on clinical-data onboarding, transformation, validation, and support across EHR vendors, HIEs, and internal technical teams.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Informatics, Health Information Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered. 5+ years of experience supporting EHR platforms such as Epic, Cerner/Oracle Health, Allscripts/Veradigm, or NextGen. 5+ years of experience with healthcare interoperability standards, including HL7 v2, C-CDA, CCD, FHIR, and USCDI. 5+ years of experience validating structured clinical data and troubleshooting EHR integration or interface issues. 3+ years of experience interpreting clinical workflows and translating them into data-exchange and integration requirements. Strong understanding of HIPAA, healthcare privacy, security, and data-governance requirements. Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, and training skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to clinical, operational, and executive audiences. Ability to work independently in a remote environment while coordinating effectively across distributed teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting HIE onboarding, statewide health-information-exchange programs, or multi-vendor EHR environments. Experience with SQL, interface engines, integration platforms, or data-mapping tools. Familiarity with clinical terminologies and coding standards such as SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-10, and RxNorm. Experience with public-sector, Medicaid, rural-health, underserved-provider, or digital-health modernization programs. Experience supporting provider relations, clinical quality, population health, or healthcare data-quality initiatives. Familiarity with FHIR APIs, REST APIs, Direct messaging, C-CDA validation, and clinical-document exchange workflows.