Director of Population Health & Value-Based Care

Rome Health•City of Rome, NY

1d•$105 - $130

About The Position

The Director of Population Health & Value-Based Care provides strategic and operational leadership for developing and implementing Rome Health’s emerging population health strategy. The role builds a practical, sustainable approach to improving clinical outcomes, patient access, care coordination, quality performance, and organizational readiness for value-based reimbursement. As Rome Health develops its population health capabilities, the Director serves as a program builder and change leader. The position assesses current capabilities, establishes priorities, coordinates existing resources, develops performance measurement systems, and creates a multi-year roadmap. It calls for a hands-on leader who can balance strategy with implementation in a resource-conscious environment.

Requirements

Master’s degree in healthcare administration, public health, business administration, nursing, or a related discipline.
RN or other clinical background.
Experience with value-based payer programs, ACOs, clinically integrated networks, population health analytics, or EHR reporting.
Experience in a community hospital, physician organization, multispecialty medical group, or similarly sized healthcare organization.
Ability to work in a potentially stressful environment with individuals who have diverse personalities and work styles.
High levels of initiative, drive, and poise, along with maturity, professionalism, flexibility, and patience.
Ability to stand for long periods and push wheelchairs.

Responsibilities

Assess current population health resources, capabilities, data, programs, and opportunities.
Develop and maintain a multi-year population health and value-based care roadmap with achievable clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
Identify priority patient populations and scalable interventions appropriate to a community-based health system.
Recommend future staffing, technology, analytics, and program investments based on demonstrated needs and measurable value.
Support Rome Health’s progression toward appropriate value-based payment models while preserving operational and financial discipline.
Evaluate value-based payer programs, quality incentives, shared-savings opportunities, performance requirements, and areas of risk.
Collaborate with finance and contracting leadership to assess organizational readiness for future arrangements and monitor performance.
Build productive relationships with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, and clinical leadership.
Translate population health objectives into practical clinical priorities and workflows that minimize unnecessary administrative burden.
Engage clinicians in quality improvement, care-gap closure, chronic disease management, patient access, and appropriate utilization.
Collaborate with information technology, EHR, quality, finance, and operational leaders to establish an actionable population health reporting structure.
Develop dashboards and key performance indicators for high-risk populations, care gaps, quality performance, utilization, and program outcomes.
Translate clinical and financial data into useful information for clinicians, management, and senior leadership.
Evaluate and strengthen care management, transitional care, chronic disease management, and coordination across care settings.
Develop processes to identify and support high-risk and high-utilization patients, using existing organizational resources whenever practical.
Align population health initiatives with quality, patient safety, preventive care, access, and community health priorities.
Develop productive relationships with community and healthcare partners when appropriate to improve patient outcomes.
Set and organize work priorities for self and the assigned team, adapt to changing priorities, and work concurrently on varied tasks and projects.
Travel to Rome Health sites as needed.