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Job Description - Finance Manager Justice Program (260005N4)

Job Description

Finance Manager Justice Program - ( 260005N4 )

Description

Mass Health is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Finance Manager, Justice Program , to take on a pivotal role within the Finance Unit, focused on Justice Programs.

The federal Medicaid “Inmate Exclusion Policy” (MIEP) generally excludes individuals in certain public institutions from Medicaid coverage. Mass Health has requested authority to provide certain Mass Health-covered services to otherwise eligible justice-involved individuals for up to 90 days prior to their release in order to address health inequities experienced by justice-involved populations. Covered services would include physical and behavioral health clinical consultation services, medications and medication administration, as well as pre-release case management, post-release treatment plan, and discharge planning.

Mass Health is also developing an approach to reinvest the total amount of federal matching funds received for the services under this initiative. Funds will be reinvested into critical activities and initiatives that strengthen access and quality of health care services for individuals who are incarcerated or were recently released from incarceration, or for health-related social services that help divert people from criminal justice involvement.

The Manager will play a critical role in supporting this reentry demonstration request for justice-involved individuals. They will have significant programmatic responsibility and autonomy, leading cross-functional strategic and financial work streams, particularly focused on developing financial strategy & managing program budgets. The Manager, Justice Program Finance will spearhead financial strategy and execution for ensuring the provision of pre-release healthcare services to justice-involved members, emphasizing financial optimization within the equity-driven framework of Mass Health.

This position will report to the Finance unit and work closely and collaboratively across the Health and Justice Policy & Programs team.

• Run implementation capacity building & infrastructure funding programs and administer reinvestment funds, ensuring effective resource utilization to enhance and enable the provision of pre-release services for justice-involved members under Mass Health's re-entry demonstration;
• Support development of the financing model for pre-release services, including payment design, rate development, and/or risk adjustment processes;
• Analyze diverse funding sources, exploring opportunities for financial optimization within Mass Health's framework, and strategically directing resources to support the reentry demonstration;
• Assess the financial impact of policy changes and program initiatives, ensuring sustainability and alignment with Mass Health's objectives for the re-entry demonstration;
• Collaborate closely with Mass Health teams to develop and manage program budgets, ensuring meticulous expense tracking and resource allocation specific to the provision of pre-releases to justice-involved members;
• Assume ownership of the managing and overseeing the MIEP reinvestment fund, including fund management, stakeholder engagement, and disbursement operations;
• Manage financial aspects of implementation-related procurements, including managing invoices and drafting and facilitating approval of ISAs with Sheriffs, DOC, DYS, and other stakeholders;
• Support management of infrastructure investments for Mass Health’s justice-involved programming;
• Oversight of operational billing structures and processes, including developing payment structure for roles financed by Mass Health’s re-entry demonstration; and
• Other ad-hoc Finance support, including supporting the Budget, Federal Finance, Hospital, and Financial Planning and Analysis teams.

Advanced knowledge of Excel and experience analyzing and managing large datasets using Access and/or statistical software such as SQL, Stata, R,…