Health Equity Director at Elevance Health in Columbus, Ohio

Job Description:

Health Equity Director




Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and office). Candidates will live within 50 miles of the Columbus, OH Elevance Health PulsePoint office location.


The Health Equity Director will be responsible for assisting state Health Plan community and stakeholder engagement experience, while applying application of science-based quality improvement methods to reduce health disparities.



How you will make an impact:

• Assist with the strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of health equity efforts in the context of the population health initiatives.


• Inform decision-making around best payer practices related to disparity reductions, including the provision of health equity and social determinant of health resources and research to leadership and programmatic areas.


• Inform decision-making regarding best payer practices providing Health Plan teams with relevant and applicable resources and research and ensuring that the perspectives of members with disparate outcomes are incorporated into the tailoring of intervention strategies.


• Collaborate with the Health Plan analytics team to ensure the Health Plan collects and meaningfully uses race, ethnicity, and language data to identify disparities; coordinate and collaborate with members, providers, local and state government, community-based organizations, and other entities to impact health disparities at a population level; and ensure that efforts addressed at improving health equity, reducing disparities, and improving cultural competence are designed collaboratively with other entities to have a collective impact for the population.

• Requires a BA/BS degree and 5+ years of experience, preferably in public health, social/human services, social work, public policy, health care, education, community development, or justice; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.