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Program Manager II

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent experience required
  • 3+ years of quality improvement, program management or project management experience required
  • Health care experience preferred
  • Working knowledge of NCQA and HEDIS programs

Responsibilities

  • Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee programs utilizing cross functional teams
  • Gather requirements, create plans and schedules, manage resources, and facilitate project execution
  • Maintain detailed business process documentation
  • Communicate program status to management and key stakeholders

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Program Management
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Centene Corporation

Health Insurance (Payers)

Centene Corporation provides high-quality healthcare services to members in all 50 states. Since its founding in 1984, Centene has worked to transform the health of communities, one person at a time. Centene is the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the country and provides a portfolio of services to government sponsored healthcare programs. Centene believes that healthcare is best delivered locally. Our local health plans offer a range of health insurance solutions with a focus on providing accessible care to uninsured and under-insured individuals. Many receive benefits provided under Medicaid, including the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as Aged, Blind or Disabled (ABD), Foster Care and Long Term Care (LTC), in addition to other state-sponsored/hybrid programs, and Medicare (Special Needs Plans). Centene also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide specialty services including behavioral health management, care management software, dental benefits management, in-home health services, life and health management, managed vision, pharmacy benefits management, specialty pharmacy and telehealth services. Centene’s hiring practices reflect the composition of the members and communities we serve, allowing us to deliver quality, culturally sensitive healthcare to millions of members. Centene employees help change the world of healthcare and transform our communities. To learn more about career opportunities with Centene, visit: https://jobs.centene.com/

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHealth Insurance (Payers)
Company size10001

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Job description

Position Purpose: Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee programs utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet business needs and strategic objectives.
  • Support business department initiatives that promote, quality, safety and cost of care opportunity

  • Responsible for gathering requirements, creating plans and schedules, managing resources, and facilitate project execution and deployment.

  • Utilize corporate and industry standard tools and techniques to effectively oversee programs according to department procedures.

  • Maintain detailed business process documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists and risk management plans as applicable

  • Create and monitor all department deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including clinical reporting documents, related reference materials, and policy and procedure documentation.

  • Communicate program status to management and key stakeholders.

  • Identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.

  • Identify requirements, procedures and problems to improve existing processes

  • Coordinate cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and business objectives

  • Manage projects through the full project life cycle

  • Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders

  • Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify and secure resources, resolve issues and mitigate risks
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

  • Complies with all policies and standards.
Education/Experience: Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent experience required
3+ years of quality improvement, program management or project management experience required
Health care experience preferred

For DE only:
Position Purpose: Coordinate with teams to ensure HEDIS data accuracy and reporting, including investigations, auditing, and improvement opportunities. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure HEDIS and CAHPS initiatives are fully integrated throughout the organization, maximizing opportunity to improve outcomes for members.
3 years of experience in QI, HEDIS PM or health care related experience. Working knowledge of NCQA and HEDIS programs.

For Carolina Complete Health:
In addition to the above experience:
  • Minimum 2 years’ working/service Medicaid beneficiaries
  • Minimum 2 years’ project management experience coordinating large complex engagements
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience coordinating varied stakeholders
  • Minimum 2 years in an organization or field that demonstrates an understanding of impact of social needs on individuals’ health and well-being

For Virginia Total Care (VTC) only:
Position Purpose: Oversee the delivery of VTC’s Consumer Directed (CD) services and collaborate with DMAS, F/EAs, Service
Facilitators, VBP partners and other CCMC health plans to develop system-wide solutions and quality CD services.

In addition to the experience requirements listed above: min 2 years of experience working directly in CD services or 3 years of experience with wavier programs and working knowledge of CD services; preferably in a Managed Care environment.

For New Hampshire Healthy Families only: 4 years’ experience with transportation. Position purpose: Helping to identify, secure, and maintain transportation for Members, including overseeing the MCO’s NEMT Subcontractor, proactive identification and proposal of
operational improvements in the program, resolution of issues requiring immediate attention, including Member
and transportation providers complaints, and real-time assistance with rescheduling service.

For Sunshine Health Quality Improvement: Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Sciences, Healthcare Administration, related field or equivalent experience. Bachelor's degree preferred. 3+ years of program management, project management or healthcare experience.

Pay Range: $70,100.00 - $126,200.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.
 

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.


Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act



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