Health Policy Intern

Position:                       Policy Intern (non-exempt, hourly)

Location:                       Virtual

The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) is a leadership organization that brings together innovative non-profit health plans and provider organizations that are among America’s best at delivering affordable, high-quality coverage and care to their communities. Drawing on years of experience, member organizations collaborate to identify problems, share information and work toward solutions to some of health care’s biggest challenges. Their work is the foundation for ACHP’s advocacy on behalf of better health care nationally. More information is available at www.achp.org.

ACHP is seeking an intern to support the Policy team. The intern will have the opportunity to work and delve into a variety of projects and gaining valuable knowledge and experience on key national health care issues.

Interns will also have the opportunity to attend and report on policy events, briefings, and hearings on the Hill and throughout Washington, D.C. in a virtual capacity.

 

·      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

 

·      Minimum of two (2) years of undergraduate study in a field related to public health, public policy, government, computer science or economics. 

·      Proficiency with tools such as 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. 

Please submit a resume and cover letter via e-mail to Dan Lemle at dlemle@achp.org. In the cover letter, please explain why you think your skills make you a strong candidate for this internship, your available start and finish date and the number of hours you are available weekly. Please include “Policy Intern Position” with your first initial and last name in the subject line of your e-mail message.