Director, Population Health

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Population Health provides strategic, operational, financial, and reporting leadership for Population Health initiatives throughout the UI Health Care enterprise. The role collaborates across the enterprise and region to align clinical operations with quality and financial benchmarks for value-based contracting. The Director reports directly to the Assistant Vice President for Financial Strategy and has a dual reporting relationship to the Executive Medical Director of UI Health Care, while partnering closely with the Medical Director of Population Health. The position is eligible for hybrid work within Iowa. A work arrangement form is required upon employment, and work arrangements are reviewed annually under applicable remote-work and employee travel policies.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Hospital Administration, Public Administration, Public Health, Epidemiology, or Business Administration, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 7 years of leadership experience in accountable care population health programs, large-scale health care initiatives, or health care management.
Comprehensive knowledge of complex health care systems, including state and federal policy and statutory frameworks.
Ability to create and advance strategic initiatives in complex environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven financial and operational track record demonstrating understanding of key factors in managing complex health care organizations.
Demonstrated experience working effectively in a welcoming and respectful workplace environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working for a health payer, with knowledge of payer strategy, operations, and economics.
Ability to analyze market conditions, data, and strategic options and recommend actions in a health care entity.
Ability to demonstrate the health care system’s core leadership competencies and commitments, and knowledge of health care markets and economics.
Proven success leading complex projects and teams, with successful outcomes.
Proven ability to collaborate, build consensus, and partner successfully with a variety of constituencies.
Lean Process improvement certification.

Responsibilities

Develop, analyze, and manage enterprise-wide value-based initiatives and projects, partnering across University of Iowa Health Care, University of Iowa Physicians, and Carver College of Medicine.
Work with the Enterprise Committee, its subcommittees, and other workgroups to establish organizational priorities and goals, and develop and manage initiatives to execute them.
Plan initiatives and projects, establish timelines, develop proposals, analyze data, provide options, and work with organizational leaders.
Support the development, publication, communication, and validation of value-based performance measures related to one-year and multi-year goals.
Partner with Finance and Payer Relations on payer and partner innovations, including analyses, recommendations, and implementation plans for current and future value-based contracts.
With the Population Health Medical Director and Payer Relations support, manage current value-based contract relationships and lead collaborations with contracting partners, including payers and other health care organizations.
Lead internal teams to ensure contractual performance, serve as lead liaison with value-based network partners, and work with compliance, data analytics, physician, and hospital leaders to meet performance, regulatory, and reporting requirements.
Develop proposals and plans, and oversee and manage complex projects and enterprise-wide population health initiatives involving strategic partnerships, networks, value-based relationships, and external organizations.
Partner with UI Health Care leaders in planning and carrying out initiatives and projects; lead teams or support teams led by others as appropriate.
Understand state and federal policy and regulatory guidelines regarding value-based performance, anticipate future performance measures and reimbursement, and align population health initiatives accordingly.