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ProHealth Physicians, a part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a motivated Director with a firm foundation and understanding of value-based care and population health. This candidate should be a strategic high-level thinker who can analyze opportunities to improve operations, craft new strategies within, and implement new findings across all teams that will yield continued collaboration and future growth within the business line.

 

As a member of ProHealth Physician's leadership team, the Director of Value Based Care will be responsible for operations and business functions that support clinical quality and affordability efforts. Working in a dyad relationship with the Medical Director of Value Based Care, this leader will foster cross-functional and system-wide relationships acknowledging that every member of the clinical team is responsible for quality and affordability. This position recognizes the critical linkage between organizational efforts to improve quality and ensure affordability. The leader will work closely with various clinical, operations and business leaders across ProHealth and should be familiar with and able to lead teams working on Quality, Affordability, and Risk Adjustment to maintain coordination and maximization of success. In aggregate, the leader will ensure operational and business rigor through identification of unleveraged affordability opportunities, clinical quality performance improvement areas, and medical cost trend drivers that deliver cost management and improved clinical outcomes for patients. The Director of Value Based Care will engage with the clinical and business leaders to represent the market's needs and lead efforts to grow the culture of high-quality affordable care in the state of Connecticut. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer.

 

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work a possible Hybrid schedule, you must be located within the State of CT, or easily commutable to Farmington, CT  as you take on some tough challenges.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

Keeps current on emerging trends around value-based care, quality, and medical spend along with developing a deep understanding of current initiatives and performance in the marketCollaborates with clinical, operational, and financial leaders to evaluate opportunities and improve processes that enable effective implementation of value-based care initiatives and drive performance on quality and costIdentifies and manages the risk stratification of the population to ensure those at highest risk are connected to key resources to improve quality, ensure health equity and lower cost of careEstablishes an accountability framework for value-based care to drive consistency and propagate best practices across the market to produce consistent and repeatable clinical quality and lower medical expenseSets annual goals and key performance indicators (KPI's) for important measures in quality
and affordability in partnership with the ProHealth Leadership teamMonitors, tracks, consolidates, and communicates the market impact of quality and affordability initiatives to provide standardized and comprehensive performance updates. Monitors actual performance, compares to established benchmarks and recommends corrective actionsIn partnership with the Medical Director of Value Based Care, sets the agenda for health equity in the market, identifying opportunities and executing tactics to improve equitable care for all ProHealth patientsDrives increased awareness of the progress and effectiveness of ProHealth quality and affordability initiatives across the organizationLeverages data and analytics to identify trends, finds new opportunities, and/or identifies areas that reduce our ability to drive quality and lower total cost of careActs as the primary operational and business liaison between the ProHealth market and Regional/National Optum teams for the purpose of maximizing standardization, the benefits and performance of value-based care products and platformsMaintains a robust understanding of Optum Health's (national) and external/localized value- based care solutions that can improve quality, enhance experience, and reduce medical costs. Supports the assessment of external vendors or national Optum Health solutions as it relates to quality, medical management, and affordabilityQuality Improvement Initiatives: Implements/oversees programs to enhance quality of patient care & outcomesData Analysis: Analyzes clinical data to identify areas of opportunity to improve quality. Creates visual tools to educate and engage the clinical workforce in these effortsPerformance Metrics: Establishes and monitors key performance indicators related to patient care qualityFosters a culture of clinical quality including educating and engaging the clinical workforce in quality effortsDesigns, implements, and monitors medical care practices so that timely access, service, and high-quality medical care are provided to the organization's patientsWorks collaboratively with all third-party payers to ensure an effective interface with ProHealth and their medical management and quality improvement programs, including any pertinent financial quality incentives, with optimization of the financial yield to the organization for these programsDevelops and implements guidelines, protocols and care pathways pertaining to medical care for patients at the organization, particularly for those clinical conditions for which there are not already established guidelines provided by our major third-party payersEnsures compliance with regulatory agencies such as DPH, etc. Develops and maintains procedures necessary to meet regulatory requirementsCommunicates with internal & external stakeholders about the organization's efforts and advancements in qualityDevelops and delivers presentations to a variety of audiences, including senior executiveWorks in a highly matrixed environment and fosters cross-functional collaboration, best practice sharing and creates an aligned vision of value-based care initiative goalsFosters a culture of continuous improvement and accountabilityParticipates in market-based strategic planning, joint operating committees, & national clinical committeesOversee any utilization management functions, case management functions, and risk adjustmentPerforms other duties as assigned

 

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications: 

Proven skills and experience typically acquired through at least 10+ years of healthcare operational and business management experience in progressively responsible roles, including at least 5+ years in high level clinical operations management preferably in an outpatient medical group practice environment focusing on value-based care and population health managementExperience working with a large physician group, managing through influence and collaborationSupervisory experience over administrative and clinical staffProven knowledge of applicable federal and state laws and regulations related to the health care industryExperience presenting to C-Suite leadershipDemonstrated solid business acumen and a deep understanding of financial impacts of medical management operations and performanceProven solid organizational and analytical skills with the ability to drive awareness, connectivity, and performance improvementAbility to use data and financial literacy to inform value-based care initiatives, clinical quality, and experience strategiesAbility to exhibit a patient-centered mindsetAbility to influence without authority, work in a highly matrixed environment and build relationships at all levels in the organizationPossess/acquire an in-depth understanding of Optum service delivery model, operations, and products/solutionsProven excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication skillsAbility to leverage relationship management skills

 

 

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $132,200 to $226,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.    

 

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.