Senior Healthcare Management Consultant — Strategy & Transformation

Freed Associates, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 158,000 - 235,000; Full time

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Job summary

Freed Associates, Inc. is a California-based healthcare consulting firm hiring experienced healthcare management consultants to serve health plans, health systems, and public sector entities in California.

Candidates should have 8+ years of consulting experience and 6+ years in multiple healthcare domains, with strong analytical and leadership capabilities. The role offers a competitive compensation package in California, with a comprehensive benefits program and opportunities to work on

Qualifications

• 8+ years of management consulting experience.
• 8+ years of healthcare management experience.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate significant information.
• Ability to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with the highest quality.
• Ability to flex and work with a team or individually to provide specialized and/or technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Conduct operational assessments across health plan administration, ambulatory and acute care, revenue cycle, PMO and IT; deliver findings and recommendations to client leadership.
• Drive discovery and planning phases for facilities projects with stakeholders; develop business cases and capacity models.
• Develop a program management function for planning/execution to meet CMS/ONC interoperability and Patient Access rules.
• Assist a health plan in reimagining its pharmacy operating model to personalize member experience and reduce drug costs.
• Drive a public-sector initiative to improve patient access; develop strategy/roadmap to increase CNA and home-based services workforce with focus on diversity.
• Lead process improvement initiatives in Perioperative Services to support surgical capacity and growth.
• Support a national health plan to improve satisfaction of two hospital partners by addressing AR issues and root causes.

Skills

Management consulting

Healthcare management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PMP

Scaled Agile

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Freed Associates is aCalifornia-basedhealthcare consulting firm specializing in engagements for health plans, health systems, physician practice groups, public sector entities,and related healthcare organizations based in California.We are proud to be a Great Place to Work-Certified company.

Our team consists of top-notch industry professionals with payer and provider experience and areas of deep expertise. We offer a broad range of consulting services to address strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, transformational, technological, and organizational needs.Versatility and excellence are attributes we seek and value highly.

Role

As our business grows, we are hiring experienced healthcare management consultants in California to work with health plans, health systems, public sector entities, and integrated delivery systems. We need versatile candidates with at least 8 years of consulting experience and 6 or more years of experience working in multiple areas of healthcare management such as care delivery, health plan operations, regulatory compliance (e.g., interoperability and CalAIM), quality management, finance/administration, facilities planning, technology and analytics, as well as expertise in process improvement and program and project management.

Here’sa sample of the kind of work you might do for our clients:

• Conduct operational assessments in a wide range of areas such as health plan administration, ambulatory and acute care, revenue cycle, project managementofficesand information technology, and deliverfindings and recommendationsto client leadership
• Drive discovery and planning phases related to facilities projects including working with key stakeholders to conduct market analysis, develop business cases and plans for hospital campuses, manage moves, and develop demand and capacity models to support enterprise facilities strategy and execution efforts
• Develop a program management function for planning and execution of activities to help a large integrated managed care system achieve compliance with changes from CMS and the ONC rules related to Interoperability and Patient Access
• Assista health plan in reimaginingitspharmacy operating model for specialty drugs to personalize member experience while reducing drug costs, transformend-to-endprescription drug ecosystem, redefine the supply chain, and streamline care delivery
• Drive a public sector client’s initiative to improve patient access to health services byfacilitatingdevelopment of a strategy and roadmap to increase the CNA and home and community-based services workforce serving medically underserved and Medi-Cal populations, with a focus on cultural and language diversity
• Lead process improvement initiatives in Perioperative Services to support an academic medical center’s surgical capacity and growth goals
• Support a national health plan in efforts to improve satisfaction of two strategic hospital partners by working with all parties to objectively assess Accounts Receivable issues, identify root causes, and provide recommendations for improvement

Qualifications

• 8+ years' management consulting experience
• 8+ years' healthcare management experience
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, analyze, anddisseminatesignificant amounts of information with strategic focus
• Ability to deliver projects on time, on budget and with the highest quality
• Ability to flex and work with a team or individually to provide highly specialized and/or technicalexpertise
• Excellent communication, facilitation, consensus-building,storytelling/presentation, and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Experience and comfortable working at all levels of an organization
• A high degree of self-motivation, integrity, and versatility
• Bachelor’s degreerequired;Master’sdegree, PMP, Scaled AgileorLean Six Sigma Certifications arehighly desirable

Compensation range: $158K - $235K + a meaningful, well-rounded benefits package

Location

California

For Consideration

We are a Great Place to Work-Certified company and are proud to be recognized by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work® as one of the 2025 Best Small Workplaces!

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