Contracting Manager Jobs in Ohio (NOW HIRING)

Job Description:

This position can be performed remotely with business travel as-needed. Intermountain Health maintains employment registration in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. Candidates in other locations may be considered. Currently, we are not hiring remote workers in the following states: CA, CT, HI, IL, MA, MN, NY, PA, RI, VT, and WA. Please note that a video interview through Microsoft Teams will be required as well as potential onsite interviews and meetings.

Essential Functions

• Manages all aspects of assigned payer relationships, including supporting contract language negotiation and management, rate and methodology research and negotiation, dispute resolution, and relationship management.
• Maintains ongoing expertise of all assigned contracts, including contract/amendment language and structure, rates, methodologies, and contracted providers/facilities.
• Ensures all contract language, documentation, negotiation, payment rate, payment methodology, contract storage, and escalated contract issues follow Payer Contracting standard practices.
• Represents Payer Contracting and Intermountain Health in key relationships, including leading Joint Operating Committees.
• Establishes and maintains effective long-term relationships with highly aligned payers.
• Coordinates with Finance and Revenue Cycle leadership for the implementation of risk-based contracting, and proactive care, strategies and initiatives.
• Coordinates with Legal and Compliance to ensure contract accuracy, regulatory compliance, and language consistency.
• Provides leadership and mentorship to Payer Contracting Managers.

Skills

• Contracting Strategies
• Healthcare Contracts
• Negotiations
• Payer Contracting
• Proactive Care
• Risk-based Contracting
• Relationship Management
• Managed Care
• Legal Practices
• Leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience leading and supporting complex negotiations.

• Experience in a professional role that requiring effective verbal and written communication to present advanced topics in a clear, concise, polished, and professional manner.

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize extensive amounts of data into clear and concise summaries without sacrificing material details.

• Experience leading teams, including cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated experience mentoring teams and caregivers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in payer contracting, including full-cycle negotiation and contract redlining.

Additional Information

• This is an exempt, full-time position. Pay offers are determined by prior years of relevant experience within the established pay range.

• In addition to the annual salary, to show our commitment to you and assist with your transition,, we may offer a sign-on and relocation bonus when applicable. With this position, you are eligible to participate in the Annual Pay for Performance (AP4P) Plan. This plan enables Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P award opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected Board-approved goals.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel on a frequent basis to negotiate contracts with payers.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• May be expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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