Health Policy Intern: Research, Data & Hill Briefings

The Alliance of Community Health Plans; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 24,796 - 34,440; Part time

Job summary

The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) offers challenging and exciting opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to gain practical experience in health care policy, research, advocacy, data analytics, market competitiveness and governance. Interns will be involved in the day-to-day operations of ACHP including independent work on projects.

Interns may attend and report on policy events, briefings and hearings on the Hill and throughout Washington, D.C., and will develop skills

Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years of undergraduate study in a field related to public health, public policy, government, computer science or economics.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and social media; knowledge of Access, SAS and Tableau a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent administrative and team work skills.
• The ability to manage and organize detailed assignments.
• A strong desire to learn, a can-do attitude and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Conducting legislative and regulatory research and analysis on key issues related to Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
• Attending congressional hearings and external health policy events and summarizing learnings
• Writing issue briefs and organizing Hill briefings
• Conducting qualitative and quantitative research on key issues related to community-based health plans such as patient-centered care, health quality outcomes and affordability
• Performing data analysis to support lobbying and research activities
• Synthesizing reports and data and working with various databases
• Working with team members to collect, record, analyze and evaluate data and information to identify data trends
• Preparing spreadsheets, reports and presentations to present findings
• Supporting content for in-person ACHP Clinical Leadership Meeting and developing webinars about the latest medical interventions
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Can-do attitude

Education

Two-year undergraduate study in related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Social media

Access

SAS

Tableau

Job description

The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) offers challenging and exciting opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to gain practical experience in health care policy, research, advocacy, data analytics, market competitiveness and governance. Interns will be involved in the day-to-day operations of ACHP including independent work on projects.

Interns may attend and report on policy events, briefings and hearings on the Hill and throughout Washington, D.C., and will develop skills