2026 Summer Strategy Planning & Performance Internship Job at Blue Shield of CA, El Dorado Hills, CA

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  • Blue Shield of CA
  • El Dorado Hills, CA

Job Description

Your Role

The Health Qualify and Affordability team is a part of our larger Strategy & Health Solutions organization, which oversees provider partnerships & network management, health transformation acceleration, innovation, healthcare services, strategy, planning, and operations functions at Blue Shield.

As an intern, you will support HQA Strategy Planning and Performance initiatives with a focus on analytics and process improvement for two key areas:

  • Quality Review (Auditing Team)
  • Workforce Management

This internship offers hands-on experience in data analysis, performance measurement, and operational improvement within a dynamic healthcare environment.

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • Actively pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in public health, business, health care or related field
  • Minimum 1 year of related professional experience, project, or coursework
  • Must reside in the state of California
  • Strong communication skills required, particularly writing for publication
  • Proactive, solution focused mindset with demonstrated creative, problem-solving skills
  • Knowledge of the key synergies necessary among practices, payers, community, populations, and policy leaders to better align health care transformation efforts
  • Passionate about changing healthcare and challenging the status quo to advance health equity

Pay

$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate

$30.00 per hour for Graduate

About Blue Shield of California

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities - join us!

About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationship and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.

Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026.

Application Process and Timeline:

  • Now: Actively accepting applications
  • January: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
  • January-February: 2nd round interviews & offers extended

As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:

  • Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
  • Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
  • Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Internship, Summer internship,

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