Region VP Population Health

Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Lukes Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart Institute a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Lukes also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.

Provides executive leadership for regional payer strategy value-based care and population health initiatives by developing and executing innovative reimbursement models across Medicare Advantage Commercial Marketplace and Managed Medicaid lines of business. Leads payer contracting network strategy Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Clinically Integrated Networks (CIN) and population health operations while building strategic partnerships that improve financial performance quality outcomes and long-term organizational sustainability. Serves as a key executive advisor aligning payer strategy with enterprise and regional financial objectives while advancing provider network growth alternative payment models and collaborative relationships with payers employers government agencies and physician leaders.

To Be Successful In This Role:

You will need to be a visionary healthcare executive with deep expertise in payer contracting value-based care and population health combined with exceptional executive negotiation and relationship management skills. The ideal candidate has a proven ability to lead complex multi-state initiatives influence senior stakeholders and drive measurable improvements in financial performance quality outcomes and strategic growth.

Education:

• Bachelors degree - Required
• Masters degree - Preferred

Experience:

• 10 years of progressive managerial and strategic leadershipcombinedexperience in payer/provider strategy/manged care and populations health