VP VALUE BASED CARE AND POPULATION HEALTH

Methodist Health System•Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Job Purpose: The Vice President of Value-Based Care & Population Health will lead the design, implementation and performance of value-based care models, shared-savings programs and population health initiatives across the Methodist Health System network. This role is pivotal in guiding the evolution from traditional fee-for-service delivery to value-oriented care, improving health outcomes, managing total cost of care, and advancing health equity across defined populations. Support the mission, vision, values and strategic goals of Methodist Health System.

Requirements

Education: Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or related field.
Work Experience: 10-15 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare delivery, population health management, or payer operations — including substantial experience with value-based care models and risk-based contracting.
Strong knowledge of healthcare economics, reimbursement models (including CMS ACOs, shared-savings, bundled payments), population health analytics, SDOH, and health equity frameworks.
Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, data-driven decision-making, and communication skills — able to engage senior executives, physicians, operational leaders and community stakeholders.
Proven ability to develop, track and deliver on KPIs tied to quality, cost and experience.
Commitment to community health, health equity, and improving care access and outcomes for diverse populations.
Based at Methodist Health System headquarters in Dallas, TX.
Regular travel across the system’s hospitals, clinics and community sites may be required (within North Texas region).
Occasional travel to national meetings or payer/ACO partner sites as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience negotiating contracts and working with payers, ACOs or risk-bearing entities preferred.
Experience in the North Texas market and familiarity with regional payer/provider dynamics.
Prior experience within a large health system or multi-facility network.
Demonstrated capability to lead digital/virtual health enhancements, consumer-centric care models, and SDOH integration.
Strong orientation to operational excellence, change management, and performance culture.
Experience working within a clinically integrated network or physician-led organization.
Knowledge of CMS ACO programs, eCQMs, and quality reporting.
Strategic mindset with ability to align multiple functions (clinical, finance, operations) toward value-based goals.
Analytical orientation: comfortable with data, analytics, risk stratification, modeling, and translating insights into action.
Relationship builder: strong ability to engage physicians, executives, payers, community partners and cross-functional teams.
Change leader: experience guiding major transformational initiatives, overcoming resistance, driving culture change.
Results-oriented: track record of delivering measurable improvement in outcomes, cost reduction and patient experience.
Community focus: commitment to improving population health, equity, and serving diverse communities typical of North Texas.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership Develop and refine a system-wide strategy for value-based care (VBC) and population health aligned with the mission and growth targets of Methodist Health System.
Set clear priorities, roadmap and metrics for advancing shared savings, risk-based contracting, bundled payments, and outcome-based delivery across the health system.
Collaborate to transform care delivery models — including primary care enhancement, care coordination, digital health/virtual care expansion, community health partnerships, and social determinants of health (SDOH) interventions.
Operational Oversight Oversee teams responsible for care management, data analytics, clinical integration, case management, quality improvement and population health operations.
Ensure infrastructure is in place for segmentation of populations, risk stratification, predictive modeling, and actionable insights to drive care pathways and interventions.
Partner with physician group leadership, finance, contracting, and legal to manage payer relations, including value-based payment arrangements, shared-risk models, and performance incentives.
Clinical & Provider Engagement Collaborate with physician leaders, advanced practice providers, hospital leadership and ambulatory operations to embed value-based care principles, reduce variation, improve outcomes and manage cost.
Promote adoption of evidence-based practices, care protocols, integrated care teams and care transitions frameworks across hospitals, clinics and community settings.
Partner closely with clinicians to maintain alignment between population health strategy and front-line care delivery.
Performance & Financial Accountability Develop and report key performance indicators (KPIs) for value-based care success: quality metrics, cost per capita, utilization trends, readmissions, patient experience, provider engagement, risk adjustment accuracy, and more.
Monitor contract performance, shared-savings outcomes, and downside risk exposure; ensure timely adjustments and corrective actions.
Work with finance and analytics to forecast financial implications of VBC programs and advise executive leadership on investment, ROI and sustainability.
Community & External Partnerships Build and maintain strategic collaborations with payers, accountable care organizations (ACOs), community health organizations, public health agencies and social service partners to support population health goals.
Represent Methodist Health System in regional/regulatory forums on value-based care, population health, health equity, and innovative care models.
Champion health equity, access improvement, and community health improvement initiatives across North Texas.
Change Management & Culture Lead culture change across the system toward value-based care — fostering accountability, multidisciplinary collaboration, continuous improvement and a population-centric mindset.
Mentor, develop and grow a high performing team capable of executing in a complex health system environment.
Oversee change management efforts, including provider buy-in, workflow redesign, education/training, and communication of value-based care goals across the system.
Completes other duties as assigned.