Accountable Care Advisor (1-year Fixed Term) - Stanford Health Care : Job Details

The Accountable Care Advisor is responsible for enhancing the Cardinal Care program by collaborating with Stanford University, Stanford Health Care (SHC), and other stakeholders to develop and implement strategies aimed at reducing healthcare costs while ensuring high-quality medical services for students. The position involves evaluating the current health plan, addressing high-cost utilization in acute settings, and recommending modifications to student health services. Additionally, the role includes fostering partnerships with local employers and SHC clients to strengthen relationships and expand healthcare offerings. Key responsibilities encompass strategic planning, improving operational functions of health plans, and establishing a governance model for value-based care initiatives across the enterprise. The role will work closely with SHC and School of Medicine leadership to drive effective management and financial performance of health services.

Locations: Stanford Health Care

What you will do:

• Collaborate with the School of Medicine, Stanford University, and external consultants to evaluate and develop solutions for the Cardinal Health Plan to modify the student health cost trends.
• Develop an understanding of the opportunities to partner with the local employers and SHCA clients. Utilize this understanding to develop strategies to deepen and strengthen these relationships including the potential of expanded product offerings and health care services.
• Evaluate and design an effective management for short- and long-term strategic planning, preparation and adherence to quality and financial performance of SHC insurance products and Medicare and Medicaid initiatives such as TEAMS and MSSP.
• Evaluated and recommend improvements to the structure of the manage health plan operational functions including account management, provider services, network management, underwriting, accountable care product development, marketing and sales, and financial performance and reporting.
• Determine a long-term strategy as it relates to SMP's relationship with the clinically integrated network ACO.
• Create an enterprise-wide approach to value-based care in coordination with physician leadership.
• Develop a governance and administrative model across the enterprise (SHC, Tri-Valley and SMP) to monitor and implement all value-based initiatives including MSSP and TEAMS. Develop a intake process to facilitate decision making and implementation of initiatives necessary to meet the objectives of value based programs.
• Develop an understanding of the opportunities to partners with the local employers and SHCA clients. Utilize this understanding to develop strategies to deepen and strengthen these relationships including the potential of expanded product offerings and health care services.

Education Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Administration or Health Service Administration.

Experience Qualifications:

• Fifteen (15) or more years of health care leadership experience in roles responsible for understanding health care purchaser needs and implementing solutions to meet those needs.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Require input, assistance and buy-in from various departments. Success in this role will require strong relationships with operating business leaders, corporate leaders and a large network of stakeholders.
• Engage with others over whom they have no authority and create partnerships through effective compromise to drive results. Possess a strong balance of collaboration, influencing and networking skill.
• Knowledge of trends in the marketplace and make decisions based on analyzing complex data and facts. They will seek to drive impact beyond the service line and deliver quantifiable benefit to the enterprise and community of patients, care givers, researchers and others associated with the SHC ecosystem.
• Possess an understanding and ability to manage risk.
• Lives the Stanford Health Care vision, culture and values. Demonstrates the ability to be a servant, leader and mentor. Committed to the mission to care, educate and discover.
• Unquestionable personal and business integrity, with an ability to command respect both within and outside of the organization.
• Leadership style that builds and maintains a climate of caring, respect and trust and inspires commitment from others to achieve organizational goals.
• A strong sense of urgency and a bias-for-action in making sound decisions based on a combination of analysis, experience and judgment, as well as personal/business maturity.

Licenses and Certifications:

• None

These principles apply to ALL employees: SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford's patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery. You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family's perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $129.94 - $172.18 per hour. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.