Intern, Health Care Consulting (population health, value based payments, health analytics)

Internships California


Description

The Intern role is a hands-on collaborative role designed with your interests, background, and experience in mind. The position is designed to leverage academic learning while making a tangible contribution to COPE Health Solutions’ client work. Interns will have the opportunity to incorporate work experience into their practicum, while developing practical experience and technical skills in health care management and clinical redesign. The successful candidate should have a basic understanding of the health care industry and the current trajectory.               
           
FLSA   Status 
Non-Exempt                           
Salary Range                       
$25.00 per hour                       
Reports To                       
VBC Products & Solutions Manager                                         
Direct Reports                                  
None                                         
Location                      
Hybrid (Preference given to CA candidates)                       
Travel                                  
None                                  
Work Type                  
Temporary (8-12 weeks)                         
Schedule                          
Part-time (1 to 2 hours per day during PST business hours /10 hours/week).  Potential for more hours based on availability and need.  
 
Position Description:                                          
  • Provide administrative support to client engagements and the development of project proposals with internal or external clients. Examples of engagements include strategic planning, decision support and analytics, patient access redesign, health care access assessment or project management. 
  • Leverage templates and existing content to submit proposals to clients and on the CalAIM marketplace.  
  • Support the business development process and team in load of budgets, resourcing and project plans as directed by team.
  • Requires great attention to detail, ability proof-read for content and grammar and clearly draft professional documentation that is submitted to State and clients
  • Perform community data assessments to support the development of business plans.
  • Conduct health policy research, legislative tracking, monitoring, and reporting to support consulting engagements.
  • Assist in the development of proposals, project deliverables, white papers, and other business materials.
  • Meet with the assigned supervisor and additional consulting team members to gain a clear understanding of the projects, their goals and expected outcomes as well as maintain a timeline for the assigned projects.
  • Additional responsibilities to be determined based on team and project needs.
        Qualifications:                                          
        • Pursuit of an undergraduate degree in the areas of Public Health, Heath Care Administration, Health Management and Policy or Business Administration required. Pursuit of a master's degree preferred.
        • Able to work collaboratively and effectively while handling multiple projects on various timelines in an extremely fast-paced environment.
        • Requires great attention to detail, ability proof-read for content and grammar and clearly draft professional documentation that is submitted to State and clients
        • Strong customer drive and dedication to quality and success.
        • Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
        • Basic understanding of the health care industry.
        • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio).

        What We Do:  
        COPE Health Solutions (CHS) is a national tech enabled services firm powering success in risk arrangements and development of the future workforce for payers and providers. Our team brings deep expertise, experience, proven tools, and processes to improve financial performance and quality outcomes for all types of payers and providers, de-risking the roadmap to advanced value-based payment.
         
        Our firm has expertise in all aspects of population health, strategy, delivery system development, payment systems reform, workforce development and population health management support services, including peerless analytics and performance improvement. We are driven by our passion to help transform health care delivery, align financial incentives to support population health management and build the workforce needed as health care moves to value-based care.
         
        COPE Health Solutions’ Analytics for Risk Contracting (ARC) Suite provides a powerful array of analytic and reporting tools designed to achieve optimal value and performance for organizations currently in or planning to move to risk-based arrangements. Leveraging our extensive, hands-on expertise in helping IPAs, ACOs and health systems achieve successful outcomes in risk contracts, our team of managed care experts draw insights from the analytic outputs that are tailored to each organization’s unique circumstances to interpret the data and recommend initiatives to help improve total cost and quality.

        Our multidisciplinary team of health care experts provides our clients with the experience, capabilities, and tools needed to plan for, design, implement and support both the development and execution of strategy and developing solutions to some of the industry’s most complex problems. We partner with our clients through aligned mission and financial incentives to pursue performance excellence in a challenging and rapidly evolving health care environment. 
         
        COPE Health Solutions maintains corporate offices in downtown Los Angeles and midtown Manhattan with teams across the country in major markets including Texas, the Northwest, Florida, and the Northeast.  Our firm currently has over 100 employees partnering with health systems and health plans across several states and enrolls over 4,000 students annually in our educational programs, with a growing national and global presence. COPE Health Solutions has a proven track record in all aspects of strategy, population health management, Medicare/Medicaid transformation and workforce training across the continuum.                                          

        To Apply:                                          
        To apply for this position, or to view all available positions, visit us at https://copehealthsolutions.com/careers/open-positions/.