Intern, Health Care Consulting (population health, value based payments, health analytics)

The Intern role is a hands-on collaborative role designed with your interests, background, and experience in mind. The position is designed to leverage academic learning while making a tangible contribution to COPE Health Solutions’ client work. Interns will have the opportunity to incorporate work experience into their practicum, while developing practical experience and technical skills in health care management and clinical redesign. The successful candidate should have a basic understanding of the health care industry and the current trajectory.                            FLSA  Status                Non-Exempt                       Salary Range                   $25.00 per hour                   Reports To                   VBC Enablement Manager                                     Direct Reports                             None                                     Location                   Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)                     Travel                              None                              Work Type              Temporary (8-12 weeks)                      Schedule                      Full Time (35-40 hours per week) Part Time (15-30 hours per week) 
Position Description:                                      

• Provide administrative support to client engagements and the development of project proposals with internal or external clients. Examples of engagements include strategic planning, decision support and analytics, patient access redesign, health care access assessment or project management.
• Leverage current knowledge and expertise of the health care industry to support continuous quality improvement of products and services.
• Support the development of industry standard assessment tools and templates to support internal or external client engagements.
• Perform community data assessments to support the development of business plans.
• Conduct health policy research, legislative tracking, monitoring, and reporting to support consulting engagements.
• Assist in the development of proposals, project deliverables, white papers, and other business materials.
• Meet with the assigned supervisor and additional consulting team members to gain a clear understanding of the projects, their goals and expected outcomes as well as maintain a timeline for the assigned projects.
• Additional responsibilities to be determined based on team and project needs.

Qualifications:                                      

• Currently pursuing a master’s degree in the areas of Public Health, Heath Care Administration, Health Management and Policy or Business Administration preferred.
• Able to work collaboratively and effectively while handling multiple projects on various timelines in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Strong customer drive and dedication to quality and success.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Basic understanding of the health care industry.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio).

What We Do:  COPE Health Solutions (CHS) is a national tech enabled services firm powering success in risk arrangements and development of the future workforce for payers and providers. Our team brings deep expertise, experience, proven tools, and processes to improve financial performance and quality outcomes for all types of payers and providers, de-risking the roadmap to advanced value-based payment.
 Our firm has expertise in all aspects of population health, strategy, delivery system development, payment systems reform, workforce development and population health management support services, including peerless analytics and performance improvement. We are driven by our passion to help transform health care delivery, align financial incentives to support population health management and build the workforce needed as health care moves to value-based care.
 COPE Health Solutions’ Analytics for Risk Contracting (ARC) Suite provides a powerful array of analytic and reporting tools designed to achieve optimal value and performance for organizations currently in or planning to move to risk-based arrangements. Leveraging our extensive, hands-on expertise in helping IPAs, ACOs and health systems achieve successful out