Director of Strategic Engagement & Development - Hybrid - PT

Job Description

Job Description

Director of Strategic Engagement & Development

PLEASE NOTE : Hospice of the Western Reserve, a partnering member of the Care Solutions Network of Ohio (CSNO), is posting this opportunity on behalf of CSNO and its membership organizations.

Care Solutions Network of Ohio (CSNO) is a collaborative network of not-for-profit hospices dedicated to driving innovation and maintaining the highest standards of care in our profession.

We are focused on improving access to high quality hospice and palliative services, sharing best practices, enhanced group purchasing, and exploring payor and future risk contracting.

The Director of Strategic Engagement & Development is a newly created position that will have a primary role of driving member engagement / development, payor contracting, strategic growth of the network, advocacy, and political affairs.

This position will be Part-Time and have an average of 15-25 hours per week. The preferred candidate will be located in Northern, Ohio, but we are open to applicants that reside in other regions within Ohio.

CSNO Membership Engagement / Development

Promote the membership engagement in a manner that maximizes value for the members, and enhances member satisfaction for CSNO

• Promote and educate about the activities of CSNO
• Assist with scheduling, agenda development, and support of CSNO monthly meetings
• Assist with strategic planning for CSNO

Develop and execute a group purchasing platform for CSNO members with a focus towards cost, quality, vendor relationships and usability.

• Investigate and identify support services or programs for CSNO group purchasing
• Help negotiate CSNO group purchasing contracts

Provide support in creating a multi-state network platform

Payor Contracting

Provide insight and guidance to membership to align for contracting success with the disease management / risk base / home care payors.

• Monitoring the trends that are occurring in the home and community-based services, value-based reimbursement, and population health.
• Keeping hospice and palliative care programs advised on those potential changes and how different providers are approaching or adjusting to those changes.
• Serve as the Engagement Lead to help identify the necessary legal and organizational structures to enable member organizations to offer a reliable, high-quality network of palliative care services to payors and health systems.

palliative care and serious illness program structure

Support CSNO’s leadership regarding partnership development consulting support to inform their strategic, financial, and operational planning in areas such as :

• Regional or national reference points : How are other community-based organizations and alliances positioning their palliative care services and organizational offerings in context to the markets they serve?
• Prioritization : What growth opportunities are emerging in the region and what are viable options to consider?
• Identify the critical financial modeling and assumptions : What scenarios should CSNO expect to meet the palliative care and other services designed for highly complex populations from payers?
• Organizational and operational structures : How should CSNO and its members organize? What infrastructure investments are needed to ensure consistent and efficient presentation of member’s palliative care and other services to payers and partners?
• Clinical team structure and processes : What are the core elements of consistent palliative care services that will be offered across member sites?

What standards of practice and quality measures are needed that allows for shared contracting and can reinforce this work?

• Partnership development : Who are potential referral or financial partners in the region? How does CSNO go about developing those strategic relationships?
• Payer partnership readiness : What steps does CSNO take and what business options exist to contract for services in value-based or hybrid (fee for service and value-based) payment models?

Advocacy and Political Affairs

Provide legislative and regulatory insight focused around the state and federal hospice and related palliative care industry.