Health Policy Associate

POLICY ASSOCIATE, AMERICA’S PHYSICIAN GROUPS (APG)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Title:              Policy Associate, America’s Physician Groups (APG)

Location:         Hybrid and full-time, with two days per week in the Washington, DC office of APG and three days online.  Some limited travel is required.  Experience with health policy preferred 

I.              Summary Description:

Under the direction of America’s Physician Group’s President & CEO, Susan Dentzer, and reporting to the Executive Vice President for Education and Advocacy, Valinda Rutledge, and the Senior Vice President for Federal Affairs, Jennifer Podulka, the policy associate will be a highly motivated individual who is eager to learn and to develop knowledge and skills in health care policy and advocacy.  The Policy Associate will support APG’s Washington, DC policy and advocacy team by researching and tracking policy and advocacy issues; helping the team organize and conduct regular online coalition meetings; helping to draft compelling policy and advocacy materials; contributing items to a weekly policy e-newsletter; and providing administrative support to advance APG’s policy and advocacy efforts.

II.             Background on APG: 

America’s Physician Groups is a national association representing approximately 360 physician groups with approximately 170,000 physicians providing care to nearly 90 million patients. APG’s motto, ‘Taking Responsibility for America’s Health,’ represents our members’ commitment to clinically integrated, coordinated, value-based health care in which physician groups are accountable for the costs and quality of patient care.

APG’s members provide comprehensive health care through coordinated and accountable physician group practices.

We as an organization strongly believe that patient-centered, coordinated, and accountable care – so-called “value-based health care” -- offers the highest quality, most efficient delivery mechanism, and greatest value for patients. APG members have successfully operated under this budget-responsible model for several decades. APG’s mission is to assist accountable physician groups to improve the quality and value of health care provided to patients. APG represents and supports physician groups that assume responsibility for clinically integrated, comprehensive, and coordinated health care on behalf of our patients. Simply put, we are taking responsibility for America’s health.

APG has offices in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, California.

III.           Responsibilities of the Policy Associate

A.    Broadly supporting the work of APG’s Washington-based policy and advocacy team

B.    Researching and tracking policy and advocacy issues within federal agencies and Congress pertaining to value-based health care

C.    Attending and supporting the policy and advocacy team in its calls and communications with policymakers and stakeholders

D.    Helping the team organize and conduct regular online meetings of four advocacy coalitions for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the ACO REACH program, the Medicaid program, and the Kidney Care Choices program

E.    Helping the team to draft compelling policy and advocacy materials, including one-pagers, talking points, issue briefs, charts and visuals, infographics, and presentations

F.    Helping the team draft comment letters to federal regulatory agencies and responses to requests for information

G.   Helping to develop content for APG for policy and advocacy purposes

H.    Researching and writing items for a weekly policy e-newsletter and helping to prepare a quarterly advocacy newsletter

I.      Provide administrative support, including preparing PowerPoint decks and written materials and sending emails and other communications via CRM.

IV.           Qualifications for Position

A.    Education: A Bachelor’s degree is a minimum requirement; a master’s or other advanced degree in public policy or public health is preferred.

B.    Experience: A prior internship or other position with a health care, research, or nonprofit organization is optimal

C.    Skills and Capacities

        i.    Ability and desire to engage in deep and rapid learning about APG’s membership and the policy and advocacy issues that matter to the organization  

       ii.    Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to write well about complex policy issues

      iii.    A health policy and research background

      iv.    Ability to use standard current business tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Zoom, and a CRM system

       v.    Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team and take direction

V.             Compensation: 

Salary is commensurate with experience.

VI.           Benefits: 

Health, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) plan with employer contribution to profit-sharing regardless of employee contributions; generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program.

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