Health Plans Program Manager

Banner Health • Phoenix, AZ

5d • $29 - $49 • Hybrid

About The Position

Banner Plans & Networks (BPN) is a nationally recognized healthcare leader that integrates Medicare and private health plans. Our main goal is to reduce healthcare costs while keeping our members in optimal health. BPN is known for its innovative, collaborative, and team-oriented approach to healthcare. We offer diverse career opportunities, from entry-level to leadership positions, and extend our innovation to employment settings by including remote and hybrid opportunities. Banner Health is at the forefront of modernizing healthcare. As a Health Plans Program Manager, you will collaborate with community partners, develop innovative programs, implement the programs and track outcomes. This is a high-visibility role requiring experience and proven success managing projects in the healthcare growth space, including Behavior Health systems. Strong project management skills coupled with familiarity with operations, technology solutions, and their interdependencies is critical to succeeding in this role. Our Health Plans Project Managers will work alongside our community partners, bringing about change to make healthcare easier. Location: Hybrid, must live in Tucson or Phoenix areas. Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. Banner University Health Plans (BUHP) manage a variety of health plans. Our mission is to advance health and wellness through education, research and patient care. As such, B UHP operates as one component of an integrated health care system that includes Banner ‒ University Medical Center Tucson Campus and South Campus as well as a comprehensive network of Banner Health primary care and specialty care providers. We also have a robust and diversified community provider network across all counties of operation. Our goal is to ensure that our members have access to care nearby and that primary care providers have a good selection of local providers with which to work and refer our members. POSITION SUMMARY This position is responsible for assisting with ensuring ongoing compliance and operational performance of new and extant Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial programs and projects. Works both independently and collaboratively with all health plan functional areas with the purpose to support the development, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial lines of business. Must possess advanced organizational and matrixed management skills to manage the highly complex ongoing and periodic processes including but not limited to the dissemination and verification of the implementation of regulatory and sub-regulatory guidance and rule changes issued by the products’ regulatory authorities, filing various documents, forms and responses to each regulatory authority and management of many periodic processes including but not limited to Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial program bid submission, periodic Service Area Expansions, MA and HIX Call letter implementation, annual readiness review attestation, and Commercial product and rate development. This position may be responsible for supervising and directing Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial Programs that provides the clerical and technical support for the Health Plans.

Requirements

• Must possess a knowledge as normally obtained through the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in health care administration, finance administration or project management or equivalent combination of work experience.
• This position requires the skills, knowledge and abilities typically acquired over one year of related experience and education.
• The work requires a high degree of organization, the ability to manage time and resources effectively, and the self-starter ability to work independently to achieve goals.
• Effective customer service and interpersonal relations skills are necessary.
• The ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing and through common computer software is required.

Nice To Haves

• Health Plan and Case Management experience and prior experience working in Medicaid and/or Medicare health plans preferred
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all Medicaid, Medicare, MA and Commercial (both on and off the exchange) regulatory, sub-regulatory and policy guidance are disseminated in a timely manner and that such guidance is strictly adhered to, implemented and monitored and that evidence of implementation is verified and documented.
• Manages the annual Medicaid, Medicare, and MA Bid process and periodic Commercial product and rate development. Manages the Service Area and Market Expansion process as necessary.
• Manages or oversees the submission of all required materials and forms (i.e. Formulary Submission, annual website updates, marketing materials, Low Income Subsidy (LIS) match rates, monthly encounter data and Part C and D reporting, Policies, Evidence of Coverage) and data to the regulatory body overseeing a particular line of business.
• Manages the development of the New Member Notifications. Assists Marketing with the production of all member materials for the Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial lines of business. Assists all functional areas with ensuring they are using the most current model member communications.
• Attends all relevant AHCCCS, CMS, ADOI and CCIIO user group calls and meetings.
• Assists with researching and tracking the Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial legislative environment and initiatives in collaboration with Legislative Affairs. Ensures the regulatory reporting requirements for the Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial lines of business are timely, accurate and compliant.
• Manages the production of the Monthly Operational Dashboard. Ensures functional areas are compiling and reporting the data that comprise the Monthly Medicare Compliance Dashboard.
• Collaborates with Network Development to ensure Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial Provider contracts meet regulatory requirements.
• Provides process/program management and coordination to Health Plan teams/workgroups. Includes partnering with project and clinical leaders across the organization. Requires interactions with all levels of staff, management and physicians.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees