Dental Cost of Care Management Program Director - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Minneapolis, MN

7d•Remote

About The Position

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together The Cost of Care Management Program Director is a key member of the UHC E&I Dental Specialty Team with direct responsibility for developing and driving medical cost improvement strategies for UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits Dental Organization. This includes analyzing dental cost utilization and unit cost data, identifying top trend drivers and variation opportunities, developing strategies across cross functional teams such as network, account management, and payment integrity, and leading the execution of those strategies. The ideal candidate will have strong analytic and organizational/project management skills as well as an ability to influence and leverage cross functional teams. This position will support all lines of business to include Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare. Results are critical to this leader's success, as is a personal alignment with UHC’s core belief that an organization can manage cost and deliver quality and value to its customers. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Requirements

5+ years of healthcare experience
3+ years of people leadership experience
Intermediate level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point
Proven excellent communication, collaboration, team building, and relationship management skills
Demonstrated financial acumen and modeling
Demonstrated reporting and analytical skills
Proven successful in obtaining support and results in a large corporate, matrixed environment

Nice To Haves

Trend, utilization, or analytics experience
Working knowledge of SQL Server
Proven ability to translate complex clinical and financial data into executive-ready insights
Proven excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

Develop, prioritize, manage, and execute affordability initiatives, owning end to end process
Collaborate with Finance and Actuarial teams to support dental trend analysis, forecasting, and rate setting inputs
Identify key dental cost drivers and present to stakeholders
Communicate affordability results and risks to plan to regional leadership
Translate utilization and affordability results and concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
Guide provider engagement strategies tied to dental affordability and appropriate care as in provider outlier programs
Ensure programs are repeatable, measurable, and suitable for audits and state review
Provide dental utilization and clinical insights for partner discussions
Partner with cross functional teams to address utilization variation balancing cost containment with quality
Direct and influence cross-functional teams to adopt new ideas, solutions, and approaches
Lead team to maintain dental cost of care analytics, utilization reporting, performance dashboards, and monitoring of cost of care projects
Ensure methodology transparency and consistency across internal, state, and audit reporting
Monitor emerging dental trends and risks to proactively inform leadership