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Health Services Operations & Systems Internship - Health Care Innovation (Insure Your Future)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
  • Des Moines, IA
    8 days ago

    Job Description

    Why choose an internship with Wellmark? We strive to offer meaningful work that assists in your professional development and provides value to the team. You will gain valuable experience within the health insurance industry and put the skills and knowledge you've acquired in school to practice this summer during our 2027 Summer Internship Program. You will have the opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and leaders within the industry, network with fellow internship program participants, and gain practical, hands-on work experience.

    If you're eager to learn, collaborate with others, demonstrate your potential, develop customer-focused solutions, and grow into an exciting career, we hope you'll consider an internship with us!

    Looking to intern on the health services operations and business support team in our Health Care Innovation division? The health care industry is changing, and Wellmark is working to help change it for the better. We recognize that our members deserve health care with a focus on quality. We also recognize that health care is complex. We've embarked on a journey to support our members use and navigate the health care system in order to help them make clear, informed decisions, and we're also ensuring that we take a team-centric approach when working with and in support of our members. The work that our diverse business and care teams are doing in collaboration with our health care partners will create these changes, all while working to minimize health care costs.

    What projects might I support?  Although subject to change, examples of projects are included below:

    • Learn Wellmark's Agile approach while contributing to user stories and initiatives that health care product teams use to deliver value to members.
    • Assist with the review and update of business process and system configuration documentation for our population health management platform.
    • Complete basic system configuration changes and maintain or enter data in our population health management platform.
    • Review and analyze system error reports, then coordinate or complete corrective actions as needed.
    • Organize and track the team's regulatory and accreditation compliance activities.
    • Perform routine tasks under direct supervision and established procedures and guidelines.
    • Apply foundational functional knowledge to create deliverables that support departmental initiatives.

    Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here's what's next? Review the qualifications below. If the position is a match with your background and interests, please submit an application for review.

    This internship will start in May of 2027, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.

    • Most be a current sophomore studying MIS/CIS, business process management business administration or related program
    • Ability to build relationships and motivate others
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively work with the business areas
    • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
    • Strong attention to detail, organizational and time management skills
    • Ability to adapt to changing environments, strong customer relations and problem-solving skills
    • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

    Preferred:

    • Previous experience creating business process maps or flow charts
    • Prior internship or office experience
    • Previous experience writing and executing manual test cases
    • Practical experience using AI tools

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

    An Equal Opportunity Employer

    The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at careers@wellmark.com

    Please inform us if you meet the definition of a "Covered DoD official".

    At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources:Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

    Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDes Moines, IA
    IndustryInsurance
    Company Size2,000 to 2,499 employees
    Websitehttps://www.bcbs.com/about-us/careers

    About Company

    At the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), we provide business strategy, technical support and consulting expertise to 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the nation, employing more than 1,000 of the best strategic thinkers in the industry. We are a Brand manager that sets quality control standards for the 36 independent companies that use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Brands, and we serve as a trade association that represents these Blue companies. It is through our involvement that the Blues companies share a united vision and strategy while also benefiting from the local strength of all member companies.

    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Business Administrationunmatched
    • Business Process Managementunmatched
    • Business Processesunmatched
    • Business Supportunmatched
    • Cartographyunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Data Entryunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Health Insuranceunmatched
    • Healthcareunmatched
    • Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS)unmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Multitaskingunmatched
    • Operational Supportunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Procedure Developmentunmatched
    • Process Developmentunmatched
    • Process Flowunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Software Testingunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Systems Analysisunmatched
    • Test Caseunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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