2026 Winter, Spring Value-Based Platform InternshipAt — Blue Shield of California

Your Role 

The Value-Based Platform team oversees and executes operations and implementations for the Pay for Value program. The program is housed under Network Strategy & Provider Partnerships and involves applying value-based payment models to care delivery with the goal of lowering health care costs while improving outcomes via the use of incentives tied to performance within the model. The value-based platform intern will report to the Senior Manager on the Value-Based Platform team. In this role, they will support a variety of tasks related to operations, such as report delivery, quality assurance and payment processing.

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

Below is some information on the project this intern will be working on:

• Performing validation of Payment Model reports and posting them to provider connection or SharePoint
• Performing validation of Payment Model payment file and sending to Non-Claims Payment
• Manage the Payment Model Operations logs, work with business teams to document new items or provide updates.  Work with technical teams to obtain updates of items
• Manage / triage the provider facing email boxes and track all items in our tracking spreadsheet

Qualifications

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

• 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
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, including Outlook, Word, Excell, and SharePoint

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 Spring 2026 Internship

Application Process and Timeline:

• Now: Actively accepting applications
• November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
• November - January: 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

Our Values: 

• We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives
• We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model:

At Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose – whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach – by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.

Two Ways of Working:

• Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above).Exceptions:
  • Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.
  • Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.
  • For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being. 

• On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved officean average of four (4) or more days a week.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of

Please click here for further physical requirement detail. 

Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

Tasks:

Training:

• Student will attend mandatory orientation to company and compete compliance training (workplace safety, phishing, harassment prevention) There are safety procedures in the employee handbook they will receive upon hire.  
• Student will receive detailed onboarding schedule to include training modules related to company databases, shadowing of peers, etc. Shadowing will include attending meetings as an observer. 
• Student will develop expected goals for internship during week 1 of job in partnership with manager- mid semester and final reviews will be conducted based on these goals. 
• Weekly 1:1s expected between student and manager at a minimum, although many managers do 1:1s more frequently. 

Learning Outcome:

• Perform validation of Payment Model reports and understand how to post them to provider connection
• Perform validation of Payment Model payment file and sending to Non-Claims Payment
• Manage the Payment Model Operations logs, work with business teams to document new items, or provide updates.