Co-Director, Advancing Health Equity: Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation

Co-Director, Advancing Health Equity : Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation

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Department

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.

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.

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.
• 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.
• Evaluates the technical assistance and learning collaborative programming to improve efficiency of operations, customer service, and engagement or learning collaborative teams’ organizations.
• Inspires AHE program team members to produce high-caliber and consistent programming and participant satisfaction.
• Serves as the lead author or co-author on papers submitted to academic journals for competitive review.
• Maintains awareness of actual or potential situations that might pose risk to the mission, vision, and activities of the AHE program.
• Regularly reviews and analyzes best practices pertaining to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Serves as an advisor to the VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement, makes recommendations for change, and co-leads the implementation of evidence-based practices to meet UChicago Medicine’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and objectives.
• Plans and co-leads complex projects, ensuring on-time delivery with high quality and coordination of resources.
• Coordinates, facilitates, implements, and participates in quality improvement initiatives to advance the organization’s equity agenda.
• Contributes to the development process and implementation planning of an organization-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion plan (Equity Plan 2025).
• Collaborates with UChicago Medicine employees to coordinate, design, develop, and deliver diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and quality improvement activities.
• Manages research professionals and support staff involved with planning, monitoring, and compliance aspects of research projects.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education : Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience : Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

Education :

Advanced degree in relevant or related field.

Experience :

• 7 years of relevant experience providing consultation services and technical assistance programming to state Medicaid agencies, Medicaid managed care organizations, and / or health care delivery organizations.
• 7 years of equity-focused health or health services research experience.

Application Documents

• Resume / CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

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