Population Health Director

Supports the mission of People's Community Clinic by leading efforts to develop a population health program to include closing population health care gaps, coordinating implementation of risk stratification and panel-based care coordination, developing processes to reduce unnecessary ER and hospital visits, achieving quality performance goals that improve patient care, and managing and implementing value-based contracts.

The starting pay range for this position is between $90,000 - $100,000 annually. 

• Monitor and evaluate the strategic plan for sustaining an evidence-based population health model of care; Monitor and evaluate documented evidence based risk stratification and patient empanelment process to better align services with patient needs;
• Monitor and evaluate care coordination to develop and revise care plans, follow, and close care gaps to improve health outcomes;
• Oversee development of and execution on select clinical performance metrics, particularly those tied to pay-for-performance contracts;
• Engage staff in quality improvement efforts that address specific clinical performance metrics to improve outcomes for those metrics;
• Create and facilitate a set of complex care/chronic disease multi-disciplinary case conferences leading to improved outcomes on key metrics;
• Create documented workflows and metrics related to ER and hospital utilization data with the goal of reducing unnecessary ER and hospital utilization rates;
• Manage value-based contracts and guide/oversee value-based-related grants and activities;
• Communicate with major payers (eg, health care plans) regarding current value-based contracts and identify opportunities for improvement in contracts and performance;
• Serve as Project Lead for grants related to population health, including internal and external collaboration and grant-related reporting;
• Work with other clinic departments to finalize contracts for consultants as needed;
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education: 

• BSN, MHI, MPH, or equivalent degree in healthcare field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in health care leadership activities, including identifying and addressing care gaps in the patient population, especially in communities with chronic illnesses and diseases. 
• Experience employing continuous quality improvement processes such as PDSA, Lean, or Six Sigma
• Experience managing value-based contracts and/or programs
• Experience managing diverse teams and leading without direct supervisory authority
• Experience with program management

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understand the current health care industry and value-based care
• Familiarity with preventative strategies, population health, and quality of care frameworks
• Familiarity with electronic health records and other healthcare IT systems
• Highly organized and self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously
• Collaborative working style with the ability to work with staff across different departments, teams and roles
• Strong background in data collection and management, analytics and reporting
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven problem solving ability and able to juggle multiple priorities
• Strong program management skills
• Ability to interact successfully with people from a variety of backgrounds and abilities

Certificate/License:  none

Our Benefits Include:

• 18 PTO days per year & 11 paid holidays
• Major Medical Health Insurance Coverage. Most employees experience $0 in out-of-pocket medical expenses.
• Dental & Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Employer paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Annual Training
• 403(b) with 4% employer matching

People’s Community Clinic is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, language, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or sex stereotyping.

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