Humana

Director, Health Equity Strategy

Humana

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $206,300 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Oversee the strategic design and implementation of population health initiatives.
  • Lead in developing and implementing strategic initiatives to support an organizational workforce and culture that is inclusive and respectful of the various backgrounds and cultures that are reflected in our Enrollees and communities we serve.
  • Sponsor and champion initiatives to support equitable whole-person care.
  • Cultivate support necessary to achieve desired objectives for Enrollees' medical and non-medical needs.
  • Works with plan executive leadership and their teams to develop synergies around health equity related to emerging or current Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and/or Medicaid priorities.
  • Influences external and internal audiences on critical population health and health equity issues.
  • Operational management: Leads a team of professionals focused on community engagement, Enrollee education and advocacy, population health evaluation and analytics.
  • Creates and drives evidence-based, scalable and financially sustainable population health solutions.
  • Develop and implement operational plans that align with established population health goals.
  • Addresses market opportunities and challenges to serve the whole person.
  • Collaboration and coordination: Coordinates with market-based and central stakeholders, including clinical, quality, and external parties on population health activities.
  • Drives strong relationships with communities we serve and community groups to identify racial, linguistic, gender and geographic health disparities, while developing and implementing strategies to increase equity for our Enrollees.
  • Listens to, and gives voice to, emergent issues of equity within the local health care community and the impacts on healthcare quality, health care cost and access to care for historically underserved communities.
  • Builds and maintains sustainable strategic relationships with community partners, state agencies, and providers.
  • Partner with clinical and community leaders to implement equity-focused community health strategies and initiatives that improve health outcomes.
  • Serves as a trusted thought partner in health equity with plan leadership, local communities and state agencies.
  • Evaluation and Improvement: Evaluates population health initiatives, either directly or in collaboration with the Quality Improvement and Utilization Director. Continuously improve population health strategies based on evaluation outcomes and emerging best practices. Develops, monitors and analyzes Michigan health equity, antiracism and population health performance and progress metrics to gauge effectiveness of initiatives.

Requirements

  • Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the state of Michigan.
  • Master’s degree or other advanced degree in public health, nursing, social work, health services research, health policy, information technology, or a related field.
  • Eight (8) or more years of experience effectively leading programs that advance improved clinical and population health outcomes.
  • Experience as a leader who clearly communicates with and engages community leaders, including the clinical community, to build trusted relationships, enhance the connection to a company, and/or engage in partnerships or initiatives to improve health.
  • Experience working directly in communities and understanding health disparities and barriers to health equity.
  • Experience with program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Demonstrated ability to operationalize a vision and plan, organize and integrate priorities and deadlines.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive change in alignment with the mission, vision and values of an organization.
  • Strong understanding of analytics and demonstrated ability to translate insights into business strategy.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop effective relationships with a broad array of people (different levels of management and clinical expertise).
  • Engages experts and stakeholders in the field of equity, antiracism, and population health to develop and maintain a forward-thinking culture of continuous improvement and learning.