Population Health Coordinator

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Population Health Coordinator

Reports to: Director of Quality

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for supporting FLIPA in the successful deployment of Population Health Management (PHM) initiatives across the network. The Population Health Coordinator will work collaboratively with FLIPA’s Value Based Care team and stakeholders across the network to support FLIPA’s success with PHM initiatives. This includes serving as a point of contact for external partners, supporting data collection, and supporting implementation of PHM initiatives. This role will leverage data to identify opportunities, measure outcomes, and drive quality improvement, while supporting stakeholders in navigating tools, resources, and requirements.

About Forward leading IPA:  

Forward Leading IPA (FLIPA) is a nonprofit membership association of safety net providers working in partnership to provide the highest quality integrated healthcare to historically underserved populations in Upstate New York since 2017. FLIPA is renowned for its commitment to integrating primary care, behavioral health, and social care needs. Our growing membership serves individuals across more than 27 counties and includes federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), behavioral health providers, and a rural health network consisting of eight county public health departments. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Director of Quality to develop and manage project schedules, develop workplans and align resources required to meet objectives for assigned projects through the Value Based Care arm of FLIPA.
• Provide project management for FLIPA’s population health initiatives as directed through value-based contracts, grant funded programs and other projects, as assigned.
• Serve as a point of contact for external stakeholders, supporting data collection and implementation efforts related to population health initiatives.
• Collaborate across multiple organizations and geographies to support project management within different organizational cultures, structures, and communities.
• Support external stakeholders in navigating population health platforms and front-end data interfaces, ensuring effective use of available tools and data.
• Support the implementation of FLIPA’s Performance Management Committee including meeting coordination, content development, documentation of outcomes, and tracking deliverables
• Provide quality improvement support to stakeholders, including project management, workflow development, process improvement, results summaries, and data visualization.
• Partner with FLIPA data team to define data analytic requirements for project evaluation as needed.
• Organize and validate population health data sets to support the Value Based Care team in identifying trends and areas for quality improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as public health, healthcare administration, business, or equivalent experience required
• 2+ years of project management or related experience required

• Master’s degree in a related field, such as public health, healthcare administration, business, or equivalent experience required (preferred)
  • 0-2 years of project management or related experience required
  • Experience within the New York State health care system (population health, behavioral health, Federally Qualified Health Centers, or similar) required
  • Experience with population health

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver projects on time.
• Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders in a remote work environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (including Teams) and familiar with project management software tools
• Flexible, resourceful, and able to navigate last minute changes and project pivots
• Thrives on creative problem-solving
• Working knowledge of population health concepts and/or ability to learn and support the use of data platforms and tools
• Ability to explore, understand, and communicate data in a meaningful way to diverse audiences

Salary Range:

• Salary is commensurate to education and experience with a range of $65,000 – $75,000.

Additional information:

• Candidates located in the state of New York are preferred.
• This position will be remote with periodic required in-person meetings.