In the Southern California region, our network of care includes acute hospital
campuses, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care clinics, ExpressCare
clinics, medical offices, home and community care agencies, and other
essential services. In addition to these services, Providence also has
a risk business involving population health, and partners with medical
groups to ensure that the best quality of care is provided to our beneficiaries.
For this fellowship track, you will work with the entire regional network
of care from a hospital centered lens. Overall, our goal is to establish
an integrated delivery network in order to uphold our Providence Promise
to our patients.
As a fellow, you will learn to navigate the entire regional health system
and touch on the several business lines that make up our region. While
acute care may make up a lot of the work, there will be plenty of opportunities
to gain experience beyond our ministries (hospitals). You will have the
opportunity to take on projects in operations, strategy and/or finance
that are impactful and beneficial to the performance of our region. There
are two tracks (Strategy and Finance) within the SoCal Region that are
described in detail below:
Our Two Tracks
Strategy - The preceptor for the Strategy Track is Kevin Manemann, Chief Executive
of the Southern California Region. His primary initiative is to transform
the SoCal Region into an integrated delivery network and he and his leadership
team are currently laying the groundwork to make this possible. His fellow
will play a key role in implementing these important strategic initiatives
such as Providence Promise, Patient Journey Mapping, and more. By participating
in this work, the fellow will be exposed to the entire continuum of care
- acute, ambulatory, medical groups, health networks, etc.
Finance - The preceptor for the Finance Track is Nate Husmann, Chief Financial
Officer of the Southern California Region. He handles the financial aspects
of the region across all business lines. The Regional Finance team, which
supports all 10 ministries in the region, consists of 3 main teams which
are Financial Planning and Analysis, Productivity, and Strategic Finance
and Decision Support. Not only will the fellow able to learn from these
three pillars, but the fellow will have the opportunity to explore non-finance
related projects and enhance skills such as project management, data analytics,
data engineering, operations, strategy, process improvement, and more.
By the end of the fellowship, the fellow will have knowledge of the entire
continuum of care - acute, ambulatory, medical groups, health networks,
population health, etc.
Executive Mentors:
- Kevin Manemann - Chief Executive, Southern California Region (SoCal Strategy)
- Nate Husmann - Chief Financial Officer, Southern California Region (SoCal Finance)
Project Examples:
- Organizing an OBGYN medical practice acquisition
- Implementing a new CMS alternative payment model focused on expanding value-based care
- Developing a Clinically Integrated Network
- Streamlining the allergy service line
- Creating a patient self-service platform to enable online scheduling
- Engaging in medical practice performance improvement and change management
- Integrating patient engagement platforms
- Standardizing primary care staffing
- Facilitate the integrated market planning process to identify market trends
and develop a 10-year strategic growth plan
- Standardizing/Streamlining Capital Approval process for the SoCal Region
- Create Regional Finance PowerBi Dashboard