Manager, Population Health, Health Plan

About the role

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. The Manager, Population Health will be responsible for managing a collaborative team-based strategy to manage complex patient services and initiatives, with a goal of achieving success in value based population health care outcomes.

The position is located at the Marsh Med Ctr in Marshfield, WI, and is a full-time role with 40 hours per week, working day shifts.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of a population health team, which is flexible to the needs of the organization. Provide general oversight, management, and leadership for the team, work with executive leadership on strategies for population health services.

Pursue and manage collaboration with other organizational departments, vendors, and partners within the Enterprise. Oversee data collection and evaluation of programmatic services. Promote population health initiatives within the team, the organization, and clients.

Ability to assess business/organization needs, compare benefit/value and design/implement programs. Assists in the development, planning, and implementation of a system approach to improving and maintaining health standards and health outcomes in identified populations.

Maintains communication and addresses the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Leads a team to be flexible and responsive to the organizational priorities and needs. Utilizes evidence-based practice in decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare related field required; master's degree in public health or related healthcare area is preferred.
• Three years clinical and/or management experience in a healthcare and/or health plan setting is preferred.
• Experience and demonstrated success in case management, disease management, wellness, population health, public health, and/or community health programs.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.