Senior Value-Based Payment Specialist
California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information works to ensure that healthcare is available where Californians need it most. With offices in Sacramento and Los Angeles, we strengthen the state’s healthcare system through facility construction, expanding the health workforce, and providing vital health information. Our diverse team upholds the values of professionalism, innovation, equity, and service.
The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has three primary responsibilities: slowing health care spending growth, monitoring health system performance, and assessing market consolidation. OHCA was created in an effort to slow rising health care spending, and the work of this office will make a tangible difference in making health care more affordable.
About the role
Under general direction of the Health Program Manager II of the Value-Based Payment Group, the incumbent is responsible for supporting the development, adoption, and refinement of alternative payment model (APM) adoption goals and standards used by health care payers and providers statewide. Responsibilities include supporting policy and data analysis and public reporting across the Value-Based Payment Group and Health System Performance Branch.
- Collect APM data, conduct research and analysis to monitor APM adoption, and summarize evidence-based practices for implementing APMs.
- Create compelling data visualizations and summaries of analyses to include in public reports and dynamic dashboards.
- Build positive relationships with external stakeholders and facilitate internal and external communications.
This position will further OHCA’s mission of promoting equitable, high-quality, and affordable health care in California through the implementation of value-based payment models.
Requirements
- Support the development, adoption, and refinement of alternative payment model (APM) adoption goals and standards.
- Perform policy and data analysis and public reporting.
- Collect and analyze APM data to monitor adoption and summarize evidence-based practices.
- Create data visualizations and summaries for public reports and dashboards.
- Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders.
- Facilitate internal and external communications.
Qualifications
Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications stated in the Classification Specification for HEALTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST II or HEALTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST I.
Pay
- HEALTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST II: $7,276.00 - $9,107.00 per month. New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.
- HEALTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST I (alternate consideration): $6,623.00 - $8,290.00 per month.
Effective July 1, 2025, specific Bargaining Units and associated Excluded State employees are subject to a salary reduction between 2% - 4.62% in exchange for Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) hours each month.
Schedule
- Permanent, Full Time
- Hybrid work location in Sacramento County