Market Health Equity Program Director

Company: Amerihealth Caritas Health Plan
Location: Dublin
Posted on: November 19, 2021

Job Description:

Responsible and accountable for all matters related to health equity to support the effectiveness and efforts of the Health Equity Plan Your career starts now. We're looking for the next generation of health care leaders. At AmeriHealth Caritas, we're passionate about helping people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. As one of the nation's leaders in health care solutions, we offer our associates the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people through our national footprint of products, services and award-winning programs. AmeriHealth Caritas is seeking talented, passionate individuals to join our team. Together we can build healthier communities. If you want to make a difference, we'd like to hear from you. Headquartered in Philadelphia, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven organization with more than 30 years of experience. We deliver comprehensive, outcomes-driven care to those who need it most. We offer integrated managed care products, pharmaceutical benefit management and specialty pharmacy services, behavioral health services, and other administrative services. Discover more about us at www.amerihealthcaritas.com . The Market Health Equity Program Director shall serve as the single point of contact responsible and accountable for all matters related to health equity to support the effectiveness and efforts of the Health Equity Plan. The roles and responsibilities of the Market Health Equity Program Director are to:

• In close coordination with the Population Health Director and Quality Improvement Director, oversee the strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of health equity efforts in the context of the Plan's population health and quality initiatives.
• Inform decision-making around best payer practices related to disparity reductions, including the provision of health equity and social determinant of health resources and research to leadership and programmatic areas.
• Provide teams with relevant and applicable resources and research and ensuring that the perspectives of members with disparate outcomes are incorporated into the tailoring of intervention strategies.
• Collaborate with the Chief Information Officer to collect and use race, ethnicity, and language data to identify disparities.
• Coordinate and collaborate with members, providers, local and state government, community-based organizations, and other managed care entities to impact health disparities at a population level.
• Ensure that efforts addressed at improving health equity, reducing disparities, and improving cultural competence are designed collaboratively with other managed care entities to have a collective impact for the population and that lessons learned are incorporated into future decision-making. Qualifications / Education:
  • At least five to ten (5 - 10) years of professional experience in managed care, preferably in cultural competency and/or quality management, public health, social/human services, community development or social work.
  • Demonstrated, previous community and stakeholder engagement experience.
  • Experience in actively applying or overseeing the application of science-based quality improvement methods to reduce health disparities.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration or related field.

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