Medical Patient Language Writing Specialist: Cohere Health

Medcare Directory; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohere Health is seeking a Medical Patient Language Writing Specialist to turn clinical policy and utilization management material into patient-facing communications that are clear, accurate, and readable. The position is fully remote within the United States and involves approximately 5% travel, reporting to the Clinical Strategy and Programs Team.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree and at least five years in medical writing, patient communications, or health literacy, with strong editing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field (English, Communications, Public Health, Nursing or related).
• At least five years in medical writing, patient communications, or health literacy.
• Strong editing and proofreading ability.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex medical and policy content into patient-centered language.
• Check communications for CMS, NCQA, URAC, and state-mandate compliance.
• Maintain consistent tone, readability, and user experience across patient materials.
• Develop templates, style guides, and writing best practices.
• Capture, structure, and automate clinical knowledge with informatics and allied teams.

Skills

Medical writing

Patient communications

Health literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

# Medical Patient Language Writing Specialist: Cohere Health**Cohere Health**United States Start Date22/09/202688,500.00 Full-TimeCohere Health is hiring a Medical Patient Language Writing Specialist for its clinical content team. The role focuses on turning clinical policy and utilization management material into patient-facing communications that are clear, accurate, and readable. It is a healthcare job for a writer with medical writing, patient communications, or health literacy experience.The position is fully remote within the United States and includes approximately 5% travel. Annual pay is $85,000 to $92,000. This medical writing role works with clinicians, policy writers, and compliance and legal stakeholders. The position also connects with healthcare professionals working across clinical, policy, technology, and operational teams.* Role: Medical Patient Language Writing Specialist* Employer: Cohere Health* Location: United States* Work mode: Fully remote, with approximately 5% travel* Salary: $85,000 to $92,000 annually* Employment type: Not provided by the employer* Department: Clinical Strategy and Programs TeamApply for This RoleApplicants for the position need a relevant bachelor's degree, at least five years of experience in medical writing, patient communications, or health literacy, and strong editing and proofreading ability. The application process includes an initial Talent Acquisition phone screen, a hiring manager meeting, behavioral interviews, and a case study.## Clinical Content And Patient CommunicationsThe specialist drafts and refines adverse determination reasons and related communications. These materials explain clinical and policy decisions to patients, so the work requires accurate medical language, readable structure, and careful control of tone.* Translate complex medical and policy content into patient-centered language.* Check communications for CMS, NCQA, URAC, and state-mandate compliance.* Maintain consistent tone, readability, and user experience across patient materials.* Develop templates, style guides, and writing best practices.* Capture, structure, and automate clinical knowledge with informatics, clinical content, design, and other teams.The work connects clinical content with the patient communication experience. It also requires coordination with policy writers, clinicians, compliance specialists, legal stakeholders, designers, and informatics teams when language, evidence, or workflow changes.## Qualifications For Medical WritingThe position requires a bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Public Health, Nursing, or a related field. Nursing or clinical practice experience is strongly preferred, and the role requires at least five years in medical writing, patient communications, or health literacy.Successful candidates need health literacy and plain-language knowledge, excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills, and the ability to make regulated healthcare content understandable without changing its meaning. Experience with clinical policy, utilization management, or payer environments is also required.## Remote Work And Team CollaborationCohere Health's United States work policy is 100% remote, while this position includes approximately 5% travel. The role works across clinical, policy, compliance, legal, design, and informatics functions rather than operating as a standalone writing assignment.The employer's careers information identifies doctors, nurses, analysts, engineers, product experts, designers, and other healthcare professionals on its teams. Its hiring process uses Talent Acquisition, hiring manager, team member, and technical or case-study conversations to assess candidates for different roles.## Cohere Health's Healthcare PlatformCohere Health's healthcare platform connects health plans, providers, physicians, and patients through clinical intelligence tools. Its listed work includes utilization management, payment integrity, appeals, care management, claims operations, and quality programs.The company identifies specialties that include musculoskeletal care management, cardiovascular health, sleep, diagnostic imaging, gastrointestinal care, and sepsis. That clinical range gives the writing function a varied subject base across medical necessity, patient communication, policy, and care operations.## Application Stages And Candidate PreparationThe published interview sequence begins with a preliminary phone screen conducted by Talent Acquisition. Candidates then meet with the hiring manager, complete behavioral interviews, and take part in a case study.The role's stated qualifications make medical writing samples, patient communication work, health literacy experience, and clinical or policy knowledge relevant preparation areas. The posting does not promise employment, and the employer has not provided an application deadline.## Patient-Facing Language StandardsHealthcare communication must preserve clinical meaning while remaining understandable to its intended audience. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality describes plain language as clear, concise, and well organized, and its language-access guidance calls for written translations that preserve style, tone, intent, culture, and dialect through qualified translators and reviewers. These plain-language principles apply to patient materials and other healthcare documents.Medical patient communications also require attention to specialized terminology, accessibility, and the difference between simplifying language and changing a clinical decision. The specialist's work therefore combines editorial judgment with structured review, compliance awareness, and respect for the patient audience named in each communication.## Frequently Asked Questions### Where Is The Medical Patient Language Writing Specialist Role Based?The role is based in the United States and is fully remote. Approximately 5% travel is included.### What Experience Does The Position Require?The position requires at least five years of experience in medical writing, patient communications, or health literacy, plus experience with clinical policy, utilization management, or payer environments.### Which Degree Qualifies For The Role?A bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Public Health, Nursing, or a related field qualifies. Nursing or clinical practice experience is strongly preferred.### What Salary Does Cohere Health Provide?The stated annual salary range is $85,000 to $92,000.### Has The Employer Listed An Employment Type Or Deadline?Employment type and application deadline: Not provided by the employer.Cohere Health includes patient communication within a broader healthcare technology operation that also covers clinical review, care management, payment integrity, appeals, and quality work. The role gives an experienced medical writer responsibility for language that connects those clinical and policy functions with patients.The published application process includes a case study after the interviews, and the employer identifies a remote United States work policy. Candidates who meet the degree, experience, health literacy, and editing requirements can apply through the official opening while the role remains current.