❤️ Want to make a tangible difference in the future of healthcare?

❤️ Love applying the latest technologies to solve tough problems?

❤️ Looking for a fulfilling career with plenty of learning and growth?

You’re in luck! At Validate you get…

Tight knit team. Culture of learning. No bureaucracy. Room to experiment. Accelerated growth in responsibilities. Fantastic work experience. Frequent feedback.

We are a small team of data scientists, actuaries, programmers and healthcare economics experts who love what we do and wouldn’t trade it for the world. Join us!

COMPANY 🤩

Validate Health provides financial simulation, economic forecasts and actuarial risk management services for healthcare providers to thrive within the always evolving and complex value based care (VBC) programs. Our mission is to enable provider accountable care organizations (ACOs) to focus on taking care of patients, while we take care of their highest impact strategic VBC decisions.

JOB DESCRIPTION😍

As a Value Based Care Financial Consultant, you’ll leverage our broad data assets, analytics technology, statistical models and actuarial knowledge to advise our clients and enhance our products. First, you will be helping our provider clients evaluate and implement existing and upcoming VBC programs. Second, you will translate evolving client needs and changes in VBC regulations into product specifications and implementation plans. And you can do all this with NO TRAVEL — from the comfort of your home office. Key responsibilities and approximate time allocations are:

Client deliverable support (40%)

Serve in a client-facing role, interacting with executives of health systems, physician groups and other provider organizations. Become a trusted advisor with clients’ leadership over time.
Prepare deliverables tailored to each client, including recommendation write-ups, data visualizations and presentation decks.
Synthesize data from spreadsheets and reports to formulate client recommendations. Calculate and present the expected return on investment, downside risk exposure, and payback time frame for each decision scenario.
VBC contract analysis for Medicare Advantage, commercial and managed Medicaid

Product management (30%)

Incorporate client feedback and expected changes to regulations to support development of Validate Health’s software capabilities and national data assets
Use lean customer development methodologies to quantify the relative value of product improvement to the clients

Regulatory & Policy Analysis (20%)

Monitor upcoming and proposed regulatory changes for accountable care organizations (ACOs), with focus on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), ACO REACH, Medicare Advantage (MA), and future evolving VBC programs.
Identify how they may impact the industry, Validate Health’s clients, and the product roadmap.

Education and Business Development (10%)

Build industry thought leadership recognition by supporting translation of research and client experience into publications, client case studies, and educational webinars.
Support incoming leads, prospective client follow-ups, proofs of concept, and proposal development.

REQUIREMENTS🤓

Must have foundational literacy in value based care (VBC), such as evaluating programs, health plan implementation, provider network design
Must have foundational literacy in healthcare finance, and revenue cycle analytics.
Degree from a competitive university program in MPH, MHA, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare MBA, or similar. Other degrees, such as accounting, could be considered if the candidate has substantial experience in the field.
5+ years work experience in VBC/ACO
Ability to analyze or manipulate data using at least one data processing, statistical, or visualization tool, such as excel, SQL, SAS, R, Python, or Tableau.
Hands on experience with claims data
Experience in any combination of the following is beneficial
Regulatory and policy analysis for ACO programs (MSSP, ACO REACH), Medicare Advantage (MA), or CMMI’s experimental models
Statistical analysis of healthcare claims and provider network data
Client-facing healthcare strategic consulting
Product management of technology-enabled services
Excellent written and oral presentation skills with a track record of producing high quality work product. Skills in active listening and note taking, with the ability to synthesize quickly incoming information into an action plan.
We are looking for team players who can work well in an agile, start-up environment, adapt to industry changes, and are excited to develop and grow professionally with the company. Must be a hands on go getter.
Must be willing to try a fun written take home "challenge" early in the interview process to help us understand your level of comfort with analysis relevant to this position. (It's a set of real-world problems that our team has solved in the past and also serves to give you a glimpse into what we do.)

HIRING PROCESS 😲

We have a difficult and thorough interview process. It’s been honed over the past 5 years, using metrics gathered at each phase of the process and extensive feedback from candidates. It resulted in many exceptional individuals, your future co-workers, joining our team. Please recognize there’s substantial effort required from the Validate team as well. But we’re dedicated to the long-term goal of hiring top talent in the industry. Those who have gone through the entire process will attest to how gratifying, thorough, and transparent it was compared to other companies. Speaking of transparency, in addition to clearly laying out the process in this ad, candidates get a “Meet the Team Day” with unrestricted access to talk to anyone on the team. The candidate gets a thorough understanding of the company culture fit, the problems they’ll work on, and the impact they’ll have, enabling you to make the right career decision. We are quite proud of the process and the team we’ve built. If you think you have what it takes to join our team, we invite you to apply.

The steps in our hiring process are: “Getting to Know You questions” form (30 mins) ⇒ Take home “Challenge” coding & math problems (1-4 hours) ⇒ 2-3 skills & culture interviews (~2.5 hours) ⇒ Paid micro project (4-8 hours) ⇒ Meet the Team Day (8 hours) ⇒ Offer!

BENEFITS 🤑

Fully remote team with an environment and company culture that's optimized to provide a fulfilling work experience and career growth opportunities to every team member, regardless the location
Daily whiteboard sessions
Weekly "deep thought" days
Opportunity for continuous personal growth and development through research projects and agile experimentation mindset towards product development
Quarterly personal educational goals and budget
Quarterly individual performance bonus (~10% at start, ~20% after 4 years)
Quarterly company offsite retreats and virtual town halls
Quarterly anonymous leadership feedback and evaluations
Profit sharing bonus (~5%)
Health coverage and 401K
Generous Vacation Policy
Employee Trust Assessment survey: 4.14/5 (Top 3: Deliver results, get better, right wrongs; Bottom 3: Clarify expectations, listen first, practice accountability)
1 year employee retention: 93%; 2 year employee retention: 82%

TO APPLY😇

Send your resume to [email protected] (using subject line: “Healthcare Strategy Consultant via LinkedIn”)
Tell us what makes you interested in this opportunity (💡 As much as we'd like to review all applications, doing this already sets you apart from most applicants and tells us you're truly interested.)
Specify when you’re available to start work and visa sponsorship requirements. (We can only consider U.S.-based candidates.)
🎗️ Our hiring process is designed to enable the best candidates to an offer in under 2 weeks. Talk to you soon!

Healthcare Strategy Consultant (Financial & VBC experience) 🤩