Program Development Intern - West Region (Summer 2021)

Company: Anthem
Location: Portland
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

DESCRIPTION _ _ _Your Talent. Our Vision._ AT BEACON HEALTH OPTIONS, a proud member of the Anthem, Inc. family of companies, it---s a powerful combination. It---s the foundation upon which we---re creating greater access to care for our members, greater value for our customers, and greater health for our communities. Join us and together we will DRIVE THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE. For more than 30 years, Beacon Health Options has changed the way people live with behavioral health conditions. Today, we are the undisputed leader in behavioral health management, serving 37 million people across all 50 states. At Beacon, our mission is to help people live their lives to the fullest potential. Beacon offers superior clinical mental health and substance use disorder management, a comprehensive employee assistance program, work/life support, specialty programs for autism and depression, and insightful analytics to improve the delivery of care. The PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT INTERN will support research around the development of products/capabilities and develop a solid understanding of the business plans, products, and services by supporting the sales team with organizational efforts and Anthem---s growth priorities _Primary duties to include, but not limited to:_ - Support development of new products and programs targeting publicly funded behavioral health service delivery across California---s counties - Investigate current data sharing processes for criminal justice and behavioral health linkage programs across California and Washington State - Review recent waivers submitted by other states to summarize innovations in behavioral health service delivery - Create an inventory of programs and services across California Counties that corresponds to potential market size_ _Summarize system capacity and financing models for county-level crisis hotlines and system coordination - Summarize how the State-contracted fiscal intermediary works with counties to process treatment authorization requests and summarize opportunities for increased efficiencies _ _ _Specific functions for this role:_ strategy conceptualization, alignment, and execution, competitive intelligence, communication, collaboration within a highly matrixed organization, project management, discretion

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