Summer Internship: Dean Health Plan
By: Steven Alcantara (MHA ‘20)
Hello and good tidings from Madison,
Wisconsin! I am writing this blog as I
finish my last week at my graduate level internship at Dean Health Plan. Dean Health Plan is an insurance company owned
by SSM Health and is part of their Integrated Delivery Network (IDN). Dean Health Plan is the largest insurance
provider in the state of Wisconsin followed by Quartz Health Insurance which is
owned by UW-Health. My internship
experience consisted of working on the Portfolio Team at Dean Health Plan.
I am very lucky to be working with Elizabeth
Witt in the Portfolio Department of Dean Health Plan. She has 20+ years of experience working in
the consulting field working for big companies such as Blue Cross California
doing other portfolio related projects.
Dean Health Plan had a total of 10 interns
overall from departments ranging in fields from portfolio, IT, healthcare
management, and much more. As a
portfolio intern I was very involved with all the projects within the organization
regardless of the departments that they include. I have been fortunate to work with those in
the IT departments, finance departments, marketing departments, and compliance
departments throughout my experience at Dean Health Plan. My projects have ranged from working on the
due diligence investigation of vendors to managing the delivery of a high
priority item.
Outside of work I’ve been extremely fortunate
to live in a city that provided so much to me.
Madison is an isthmus and has two fantastic lakes that allow for
entertainment such as kayaking, waterboarding, canoeing, sailing, and
boating. Madison also has many unique
music venues and is home to one of the most successful comedy club’s known in
the country.
Whether I was busy working on projects of busy
enjoying the town I was never bored in Madison.
Even then, I am so excited to see those in my program and continue my
education within healthcare administration.
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