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Ascension has an amazing new opportunity in Oklahoma and is hiring a Vice President of Population Health!
The Vice President of Population Health is responsible for leading and executing strategies that improve population health outcomes while ensuring financial and operational success in value-based care models. This executive role oversees the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Population Health initiatives, working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to drive quality, efficiency, and patient-centered care.
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.
Responsibilities
The Vice President of Population Health will assist in payer relations, specifically with Community Care of Oklahoma (CCOK), ensuring strong partnerships that align with the organization's value-based care goals. This position requires a strategic and data-driven leader with expertise in healthcare transformation, quality improvement, and innovative care delivery models.
Leadership & Strategy:
- Develop and lead the strategic vision for population health and ACO operations, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
- Direct and oversee quality improvement initiatives, care coordination models, and population health programs.
- Provide executive oversight to the Quality & Population Health Director and Director of Value-Based Programs, ensuring strong operational execution and continuous improvement.
- Serve as a key leader in payer relations, collaborating with CCOK and other payers to enhance value-based care partnerships and reimbursement models.
- Align population health strategies between the ACO and the employed provider group, physician leadership, operational teams, and external stakeholders to optimize performance in risk-based contracts.
ACO & Population Health Oversight:
- Provide leadership and oversight for the Accountable Care Organization (ACO), ensuring operational excellence and regulatory compliance.
- Implement data-driven strategies to enhance care coordination, chronic disease management, and preventive care efforts.
- Oversee population health analytics and track key performance indicators (KPIs), including quality measures, utilization trends, and financial performance.
Ensure compliance with CMS, Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), and other value-based care regulations. - Collaborate with clinical and operational teams to drive patient engagement and reduce healthcare costs through effective population health initiatives.
Payer Relations & Value-Based Care Partnerships:
- Establish and foster strong payer relationships, particularly with Community Care of Oklahoma (CCOK), to enhance value-based agreements.
- Lead contract negotiations for alternative payment models (APMs), shared savings arrangements, and risk-based contracts.
- Ensure alignment between payer initiatives and clinical workflows, working closely with medical directors and operational teams.
- Identify and implement strategic initiatives to optimize reimbursement, reduce financial risk, and improve patient outcomes.
Operational & Performance Improvement:
- Partner with clinical leadership, care management teams, and analytics departments to enhance provider engagement and care delivery.
- Oversee care management workflows, social determinants of health (SDOH) initiatives, and patient engagement strategies.
- Drive the development and adoption of evidence-based care pathways and protocols across the network.
- Lead cross-functional teams in identifying and scaling best practices across all clinics and provider groups.
Direct Reports & Team Leadership: responsible for guiding these teams to ensure alignment with the organization’s overall objectives.
- Provide executive oversight and mentorship to the following direct reports; will be responsible for guiding these teams to ensure alignment with the organization’s overall objectives:
- Quality & Population Health Director – responsible for managing clinical quality initiatives, value based contracts and populations for employed providers, population health analytics.
- Director of Value-Based Programs – responsible for management of ACO including financial performance, and provider engagement strategies.
- Establish clear performance goals and accountability measures for direct reports, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
- Support team development and ensure the adoption of best practices in population health and value-based care.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strategic thinker with a proven ability to lead large-scale healthcare transformation efforts.
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing value-based contracts, reimbursement models, and shared savings programs.Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, especially in provider engagement and payer negotiations.
- Proficiency in using healthcare analytics and population health platforms to drive data-informed decisions.
- Proven success in payer relations, including negotiating value-based contracts and risk-sharing arrangements.
- Deep knowledge of ACO operations, CMS regulations, quality metrics (HEDIS, Stars, etc.), and healthcare data analytics.Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating with provider networks.
- Minimum 5-7 years of leadership experience in population health, ACO management, or value-based care strategy.
- Master’s degree preferred in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field required.
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Requirements
Education:
- Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 7 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 4 of those years being in leadership/management. OR 7 years of experience required.
- 10 years of experience preferred.
- 5 years of leadership or management experience preferred.
Why Join Our Team
Ascension St. John has been serving Northeast Oklahoma with compassionate, personalized care since 1926. Join more than 7,000 associates and find a rewarding healthcare career at one of our 6 hospitals and numerous other sites of care. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
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