Healthcare Policy & Regulated Markets Intern

Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States; hybrid schedule with three days per week in the St. Louis office and two days working remotely.

Compensation: $23.00–$24.00 per hour.

Company

Evernorth Health Services, a division of hirify.global, provides pharmacy, care, and benefit solutions that improve access to healthcare and support better health outcomes.

What you will do

• Contribute to projects supporting regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and operational effectiveness across Regulated Markets functions.
• Analyze healthcare and regulatory information to identify impacts, risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Support audit preparation and case research by gathering information, validating findings, and documenting outcomes.
• Collaborate on audit support, grievances, clinical consultation, coverage determination and review, issue management, and regulatory processes.
• Research and respond to client or business requests involving regulatory impacts, issue resolution, and process improvement.
• Use technology, data, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and develop recommendations.

Requirements

• Rising senior pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health, healthcare administration, health policy, regulatory affairs, business, or a related field.
• At least one year of academic, internship, project, leadership, research, or work experience demonstrating analytical, organizational, or problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, organization, adaptability, initiative, and follow-through.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Exposure to AI tools, data analytics, automation technologies, or emerging digital solutions through academic, professional, or personal projects.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and must not require current or future employment sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Interest in healthcare regulations, compliance, health plans, pharmacy, healthcare operations, or process improvement.
• Strong analytical and research skills with attention to detail.
• Experience presenting findings, recommendations, or project outcomes to stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Ten-week internship with hands-on experience and exposure to cross-functional teams.
• Opportunity to participate in health plan and regulatory forums and learn how regulations influence healthcare services and business decisions.
• Full-time summer internship schedule of 40 hours per week, running from May 24 through July 30, 2027.
• Remote work requires cable broadband or fiber internet with speeds of at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.