Summer 2024 Internship

Location:

This role is scheduled to be 100% remote. While remote, finalists MUST reside in one of the following states to be eligible for employment with Kaiser Permanente: CA, OR, WA, HI, CO, GA, MD, VA, CT, DC, or IL.

Department Description:

Kaiser Permanente began participating in Medicaid in the 1970s as part of our mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services, and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. All eight Kaiser Permanente regions participate in Medicaid programs under various contracting models ranging from delegated/capitated health plan services to fee for service.

Responsible for driving strategic metric-driven decisions by providing insights, identifying trends and opportunities by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data in an established systematic fashion and supporting operational requirements. In addition, responsible for identifying and documenting business processes through interviewing clients and reviewing and analyzing existing systems and processes. Articulates interrelationships and recasts business flow into system specifications. Conducts gap analyses to document discrepancies between business requirements and system capabilities. Serves as liaison between Medicaid line of business and the IT organization.

Internship Project(s):

Assisting in developing standard Medicaid Model of Care, in particular on development program related to Health Care Services, (Care Management, Pop Health, e.g. Quality programs).

Target Majors:

Public Health; Healthcare Administration

Target Skills:

Project management, data analytics, regulatory reporting

Job Summary:

Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.

• Report development and analytics.

• Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.

• Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.

• Job shadowing in other functional areas.

• Performing additional duties as required.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• N/A

  Education

• Pursuing a graduate degree or have completed a graduate program from an accredited university within the last year.

• Bachelors degree required.

  License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

  Additional Requirements:

• Aptitude to perform data and process analytics and formulating solutions.

• Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• 3.0 GPA or above

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

• Proven ability to build effective working relationships as well as strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to learn quickly and experience producing high quality work in short periods of time.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Health Care Services Master's Intern

LOCATION: Oakland, California

REQNUMBER: 1250394

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.