Senior Policy Analyst, Care Transformation & Finance

Location: Elkridge, MD (Hybrid; 2 days onsite in office)

Position Type: Full-time

Shift/Hours: 40 Hours per week

Salary/Rate: $110k-130k

About MHA

The mission of the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA) is to serve Maryland’s hospitals and health systems through collective action to shape policies, practices, financing, and performance to advance health care and the health of all Marylanders. MHA advocates for members and their constituents – caregivers, patients, and communities – before state legislative and regulatory bodies. MHA also aids member organizations in their shared efforts – both within the field and in concert with other stakeholders in the private and public sectors – to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care services.

Job Summary

The Association is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst, Care Transformation & Finance to join our team in Elkridge, MD. Reporting to the SVP and VP of Care Transformation & Finance, the Senior Policy Analyst will serve in a critical role to execute MHA’s comprehensive advocacy strategy for Maryland’s hospitals on payment, quality, and population health related issues.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and interpret HSCRC federal and state policy proposals that impact hospitals including financial performance measurement, quality and access implications, population health improvement, and incentive structures
• In collaboration with MHA’s Health Care Analytics team, monitor and track Maryland hospitals’ performance on key measures related to financial stability, care quality, and population health strategies important under the AHEAD Model
• Aggregate and synthesize information, data, and complex concepts into a meaningful and easily understood format that will support MHA’s advocacy efforts
• Work with senior staff to prepare materials for technical and policy work groups, councils, member site visits, and external health care audiences. Materials could include issue briefs, data and concept visualizations, comment letters, Power Point presentations and talking points
• Conduct background research on relevant policies to inform advocacy approach
• In collaboration with MHA’s Communications and External Affairs team, provide research and write content for MHA’s hospital field newsletters
• Produce easy-to-understand tables, graphs and PowerPoint slides
• Represent MHA at meetings and bring back key discussion items and flag action items and potential areas of concern

Education and Experience

• Master’s level degree in healthcare administration, public health, or other related field preferred
• A minimum of two to three years relevant hospital field or health policy experience required

Qualifications

• A combination of strong policy analysis skills including comfort with interpreting quantitative and qualitative research or policy proposals
• Familiarity with Maryland’s unique hospital finance system or federal hospital-related policies 
• Ability to understand health care issues and challenges, relate them to MHA and stakeholder needs, and propose appropriate solutions.
• Strong Excel and Power Point skills to organize and display data and information to facilitate decision-making
• Strong writing skills and ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and summarize policy information in simplified language
• Strong planning and coordination skills with the ability to organize development of internal and external deliverables
• Active listener with the ability to adapt communication style to audience
• Ability to communicate effectively in public forums with state officials, hospitals, payers and other healthcare system stakeholders



Benefits

The Maryland Hospital Association offers our employees a low-cost, comprehensive benefits package, tuition reimbursement, a 401(k) with employer matching contributions, and more.

EEO Statement

MHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

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