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Job Description:
OVERVIEW OF POSITION:
The Vice President, Colorado Community Health Alliance (CCHA) leads CCHA, a Colorado RAE serving over 280,000 Health First Colorado members across eight counties, offering a unique opportunity to influence healthcare delivery, drive organizational performance, and create meaningful impact at scale.
Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, Alpine Physician Partners, this role provides strategic and day-to-day oversight of all RAE contract obligations — including member care management, provider network development, behavioral health integration, quality performance, financial stewardship, and regulatory compliance — ensuring CCHA delivers on its mission to connect Coloradans with the care and community resources they need to thrive via the Health First Colorado program.
The Vice President, CCHA serves as the senior-most internal leader for the RAE program, functioning as the primary point of accountability to HCPF and key external stakeholders, while partnering closely with Alpine Physician Partners leadership to align CCHA's performance with enterprise strategy.
The position may include evening hours and travel throughout the eight-county service area of CCHA. The role is a hybrid work arrangement with a requirement to reside in the Colorado front-range area.
This person must reside in Colorado
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
RAE Contract Management & Regulatory Compliance
Serve as CCHA's primary executive responsible for all obligations under the RAE contract with HCPF; ensure full compliance with contract requirements, deliverables, reporting timelines, and performance standards.
Lead all contract renewal, amendment, and negotiation activities in partnership with legal, finance, and senior leadership.
Maintain expert-level knowledge of Medicaid managed care regulations, HCPF policy directives, and RAE program requirements; translate regulatory changes into operational and programmatic adjustments.
Oversee preparation and submission of all required HCPF reports, deliverables, and performance improvement plans; ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
Serve as CCHA's primary representative in HCPF meetings, audits, site visits, and stakeholder convenings.
Lead CCHA's transition into the ACC Phase III program structure
Operational Leadership
Direct and coordinate all CCHA operational functions, including care management, member services, provider relations, behavioral health integration, community health worker programs, and community resource referral systems.
Establish and monitor operational KPIs and performance dashboards; drive accountability, variation reduction, and continuous improvement across all program areas.
Develop and implement annual operational work plans aligned to RAE contract requirements and CCHA strategic objectives.
Ensure effective cross-functional integration across care management, quality, network, finance, and data/analytics teams to deliver seamless member and provider experiences.
Build and maintain a high-performing CCHA leadership team; recruit, develop, and retain talent across all functional areas.
Financial Management & Stewardship
Provide executive oversight of CCHA's operating budget; ensure disciplined financial planning, forecasting, and cost management in alignment with RAE capitation revenue and contractual constraints.
Partner with Finance leadership to develop annual budgets, multi-year financial projections, and scenario models; present financial performance to PHPprime and Alpine leadership on a regular cadence.
Monitor and manage RAE financial performance, including per-member per-month (PMPM) costs, administrative expense ratios, and quality incentive performance.
Identify and execute financial improvement opportunities; manage vendor contracts and…