At the American Cancer Society, we're leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.

A specialized role to impact the entire cancer care continuum through engagement with payors, government, and state associations with aligned KPIs to drive pillar metrics. Payors like Medicaid, Medicare and Health Plans have policy and financial impact on hospitals, providers, and patients and have capability to impact coverage through reimbursement and cost. Government and State Organizations like Health Departments, Comprehensive Cancer Coalitions, and Provider Associations influence provider practice through policies, strategy, and technical assistance.

**This is a home-based position, must reside in/near Louisville, KY or Nashville, TN.**

Job Summary:

A specialized role to impact the entire cancer care continuum through engagement with payors, government, and state associations with aligned KPIs to drive pillar metrics. Payors like Medicaid, Medicare and Health Plans have policy and financial impact on hospitals, providers, and patients and have capability to impact coverage through reimbursement and cost. Government and State Organizations like Health Departments, Comprehensive Cancer Coalitions, and Provider Associations influence provider practice through policies, strategy, and technical assistance.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Convene partners and engage stakeholders in the pillar priorities across the continuum.
• Promote ACS programs/services to reduce barriers to care and improve quality of life
• Share resources and support evidence-based strategy implementation.
• Manage priority accounts with State Departments of Health, State Medicaid Department, State Professional Associations, State Coalitions, Roundtables, Consortiums, and Health Plans (Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid).
• Engage partners through convening, implementing evidence-based strategies, sharing resources, cultivating health care champions, and driving system policies and practices to improve the lives of patients with cancer and their families.
• Drive system policies and practices to increase access to care.
• Lead pillar integration through account management.

FORMAL KNOWLEDGE
Bachelor's degree in public health, health administration, healthcare, nonprofit management or equivalent required; graduate degree a plus.

Minimum of five years of experience in health care related management, administration, account management, with a proven background in executive relationship development, preferably with a multi-million-dollar organization.

SKILLS

• Able to cultivate relationships with targeted health systems to create a sense of urgency related to awareness of cancer as a major health problem, motivate to action across the cancer continuum and influence strategies and techniques.
• Ability to represent the Society effectively and professionally to state-based health systems, agency, and community leaders, including working with disparate populations and diverse constituents
• Strong experience with state and community-based program planning and implementation.
• Knowledge of health insurance and coverage issues, advocacy, and government policy.
• Extensive knowledge of state health care and insurance structures, Medicaid and Medicare practices and policies, oncology payment models.
• Knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes and evaluations.
• Knowledge of health insurance and coverage issues, advocacy, and government policy.
• Strong knowledge of health status data statistics and analysis, quality measures, chronic disease tracking, and reading and interpreting cancer statistics.
• Maintains general knowledge of science and evidenced based best practices through monitoring current research and practices, attending trainings, and participating in required meetings.
• Leverages volunteers as door openers and relationship builders.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING OR KNOWLEDGE

• Extensive knowledge of state health care and insurance structures, Medicaid and Medicare practices and policies.
• Knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes and evaluations.
• Strong knowledge of health status data statistics and analysis, chronic disease tracking, and reading and interpreting cancer statistics.
• Maintains general knowledge of science and evidenced based best practices through monitoring current research and practices, attending trainings, and participating in enterprise and regional meetings.

SPECIAL MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Travel, including evening and weekend work required.

The American Cancer Society has adopted a vaccination policy that requires all staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where prohibited by state law).

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer.

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