Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
The Office of Population Health and Accountable Care (OPHAC) leads UCLA Health’s strategic efforts to improve patient health outcomes, enhance the patient experience, and reduce the total cost of care. Our mission is to advance the health of defined patient populations through innovative, data-driven population health strategies and value-based care models.
OPHAC drives system-wide initiatives that strengthen the infrastructure and care delivery models supporting UCLA Health’s participation in:
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UCLA Medical Group Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
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Commercial Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models
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Governmental and commercial Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
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Population health quality reporting and performance improvement initiatives
The Assistant Director of Clinical Quality partners closely with OPHAC leadership to design, implement, and oversee Population Health’s Clinical Quality function. This leader will play a critical role in advancing value-based care initiatives and ensuring high-quality, patient-centered outcomes across the health system.
This role is responsible for the strategic development, operational execution, and oversight of key Population Health programs, including:
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Health Risk Assessment Program
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Care at Home Program
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Population Health Pharmacy Programs
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Population Health Quality Management Program
The Assistant Director will lead a multidisciplinary team that includes clinical supervisors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, quality outreach specialists, and program coordinators.
Salary Range: $116,300.00-$264,600.00/annually
- Graduate degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, Public Health or related field.
- 4+ years of professional leadership experience in population health and value-based care administration.
- 4+ years of prior experience supervising employees (as directed) including selection, training, work assignments, and review, motivation, performance appraisal, career counseling and discipline.
- Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Able to partner effectively with providers, payers, community organizations, and internal stakeholders.
- Skill to research and analyze information, problems, situations and procedures to define objectives, identify patterns, and formulate conclusions.
- Excellent oral and communication skills to obtain and convey correct and complete information and concepts to individuals and groups in formal and informal situations.
- Excellent resolution skills to plan activities among individuals and groups in a wide variety of working relationships.
- Skill in negotiating, exchanging ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions.
- Working knowledge of program planning, cash and accrual accounting, financial management control systems, financial analysis and management reporting.
- Understanding of reimbursement models, risk contracts, budgeting, and ROI analysis.
- Strong understanding of population health management, health equity, value-based care models, chronic disease management, and social drivers of health.
- Demonstrate experience with ACOs, HMOs, APMs, or other risk-based payments models.
- Ability to develop and execute population health strategies, lead organizational change, and align clinical, financial, and operational teams.
- Proven ability to lead complex, matrixed organizations and influence across clinical and executive stakeholders.
- Demonstrate experience in reporting for regulatory and contractual healthcare quality programs
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