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BSD MED - General Internal Medicine - Chin Administration

About the Department

This position co-directs The Advancing Health Equity: Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation program (Advancing Health Equity).

Advancing Health Equity is a national program that includes a learning collaborative and technical assistance activities for twelve teams comprised of state Medicaid agencies, Medicaid health plans, and health care provider organizations and systems in the states of Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and the District of Columbia. The program and teams work together to design integrated health care delivery and payment reforms to reduce health and health care disparities and address social determinants of health. The program evaluates outcomes of its activities and generates best practice and policy recommendations for national dissemination. It will increase its emphasis in 2023 on partnering with patients and community, and developing an anti-racism framework, culture, and resources for the program staff members and learning collaborative participants. The Advancing Health Equity program office works in collaboration with its funder, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and three partner organizations: the Center for Health Care Strategies, the Institute for Medicaid Innovation, and The Justice Collective. The program discovers and disseminates best practices and health care policy recommendations for the integration of equity-focused payment and health care delivery reform interventions to reduce and eliminate health and health care inequities.

Visit SolvingDisparities.org for more information about the Advancing Health Equity program.

Job Summary

The Advancing Health Equity Co-Directors work closely with each other and the Deputy Director to lead and guide the Advancing Health Equity program and its 15-20 full- and part-time team members across its four partner organizations - the University of Chicago, the Center for Health Care Strategies, the Institute for Medicaid Innovation, and The Justice Collective.

The position requires an individual with high-level skills to independently and systematically develop, implement, and monitor multiple organizational, research, operational, and financial objectives and to effectively communicate with and guide the AHE team and program participants to accomplish the program\'s objectives. The person in this position will work closely with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, learning collaborative and technical assistance programming participants, national stakeholders including state Medicaid agencies, health plans, medical groups, researchers, funders, and patient advocacy and social justice organizations. The person in this position will also serve on advisory boards and committees of state and national organizations advancing health and healthcare equity to disseminate key findings and lessons from the program and to improve their capacity to reduce and eliminate disparities in health and healthcare.

Responsibilities

Works closely with the other program Co-Director and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish an innovative national vision and model for advancing health equity by aligning payment and care transformation, partnering authentically with patients and community-based organizations, and dismantling structural racism.

Communicates with key stakeholders, including government entities, health plans, healthcare provider organizations, funders, and the public as a leader of the program.

Oversees day-to-day implementation of operational policies, process improvement initiatives, program enhancements and innovations, and day-to-day management of interdependencies, risks, and opportunities between the four partner organizations.

Analyzes key performance indicators such as participant satisfaction surveys, AHE LC team progress implementing the Roadmap to Advance Health Equity, and financial reports to create appropriate action plans as indicated.

Ensures the AHE program has the tools and resources available to meet/exceed all goals, including the latest developments to advance health equity via care transformation and alternative and value-based payment models.

Provides day-to-day leadership and strategic direction for the AHE technical assistance team and the AHE Roadmap to Advance Health Equity curriculum development team, as they design and deliver trainings, tools, and resources that draw upon lessons learned from the program and its partners, existing literature, and others working to advance health equity. Examples of delivery methods include webinar-based training, in-person and web-based technical assistance to state Medicaid agency, Medicaid managed care organizations, and health care delivery organization team members.

Serves as the day-to-day supervisor and mentor for the AHE Deputy Director.

Monitors state Medicaid agencies and health plan market, policy, and regulatory trends relative to the operational goals of the AHE program, including