Payer Contracting Manager

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Position Overview

The Payer Contracting Manager initiates, negotiates, and executes Managed Medicaid, State Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Local market commercial payer, contracts and agreements to reimburse for testing services. The Payer Contracting Manager works assignments involving moderately complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Communicates contract terms, payment structures, and reimbursement rates to payers.
• Analyzes financial impact of contracts and terms.
• Maintains contracts and documentation within a tracking system.
• May assist with identifying and recruiting payers based on improving clonoSEQ coverage and reimbursement.
• Begins to influence department’s strategy.
• Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
• All other duties as assigned

Position Requirements (Education, Experience, Other)

Required

• 7+ years of experience negotiating managed care contracts with both government and private payers.
• Proficiency in analyzing, understanding and communicating financial impact of contract terms, payment structures and reimbursement rates to payers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

Preferred  

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with payer contracting and network administration any with both commercial, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage
• Knowledge of ACO/Risk Contracting
• Knowledge of Value Based Contracting

Working Conditions

• Travel may be required

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Compensation

Salary Range: $90,000 - $135,000

Other compensation elements include:

• equity grant
• bonus eligible

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