Health Equity Program Manager

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

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About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) aims to transform care delivery by dismantling barriers to equitable health outcomes and become the premier health system to attract, retain and develop diverse talent. The Health Equity Program Manager will contribute to achieving this vision through partnership with local senior leadership and business leaders to reduce health disparities, structural barriers to health and to improve outcomes for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and other underrepresented communities. The Health Equity Program Manager plays a leadership role in establishing strategic direction and integration across a large and highly complex delivery system, responsible for successful prioritization, design and execution of system improvements and programs that achieve local goals, in alignment with BILH's Health Equity and quality goals. The Health Equity Program Manager will work with hospital leaders on the successful implementation of a portfolio of projects and initiatives to include the 1115 MassHealth Waiver, the Joint Commission Health Equity Certification program, CMS, and payer contractual requirements. In addition to local responsibilities, the Health Equity Program Manager will also champion select system-wide DEI initiatives and have access to a robust infrastructure and DEI resources to advance the local efforts. This would entail working with local entities on the development and implementation of DEI capabilities, using BILH's DEI Capabilities Development Framework, which includes initiatives across workforce, health equity, and supplier diversity.

Requirements

• Master's degree in health care, business administration, Public Health, or a quality related health care field.
• 2-4 years of progressively responsible roles leading health equity, population health management, quality improvement initiatives, and/or public health efforts.
• Strong knowledge of the regulatory requirements and submissions associated with the Mass. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, National Commission for Quality Assurance, and Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
• In-depth knowledge of public health, social determinants of health, structural racism and other systemic barriers that contribute to health inequities and experience embedding equity into policies and procedures.
• Proven history of engaging communities of color, groups, and communities that have been socially and economically marginalized.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communications skills.
• Demonstrated strong project management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams).
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to synthesize data from multiple sources into crisp, compelling, and sound analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with NCQA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and other state and federal regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Experience implementing grants to meet budgetary and programmatic goals.
• Experience with using population and program data to inform strategic and programmatic decisions.
• Innovative thinker, with a track record for translating strategic thinking into action plans and results.

Responsibilities

• Leads the implementation of health equity priorities, data standards, disparity analysis, interventions, and outcomes measurement.
• Supports the development and implementation of BILH's health equity strategy and ensures that health equity is integrated across the organization's policies, programs, protocols, and services.
• Collaborates in a cross-functional team to identify policies, strategies, and/or programs to advance health equity and racial justice through BILH driven initiatives and programs.
• Designs, leads, and manages various projects and initiatives that require broad organizational support and input from multiple stakeholders.
• Oversees the performance of quantitative analysis to support the implementation and monitoring of health equity initiatives as well as coordination and of tracking and reporting of milestones and synergy realization.
• Maintains detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, work plans, issues lists, and risk management plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Master's degree