Contract Manager, BH Network Strategy
at WellSense Health Plan
Remote, Oregon, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 08 Nov, 2024 | Not Specified | 10 Aug, 2024 | 3 year(s) or above | Excel,Microsoft Teams,Training,Presentation Development,Sharepoint | No | No |
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Description:
It’s an exciting time to join the WellSense Health Plan, a growing regional health insurance company with a 25-year history of providing health insurance that works for our members, no matter their circumstances.
JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Manager of Behavioral Health Network Strategy, the Contract Manager for Behavioral Health Network Strategy facilitates development; implementation and management of cost-effective provider networks. Under the direction of the Manager of Behavioral Health Network Strategy, the Contract Manager performs all critical functions necessary to assess, develop, maintain and/or improve provider network adequacy and performance.
Our Investment in You:
- Full-time remote work
- Competitive salaries
- Excellent benefits
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Administration, Business, related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 3 years of experience in a health insurance contracting and analytical capacity
- Advanced knowledge of behavioral health services and insurance market
- Effective internal and external presentation development and skills
- Comfortable working in a complex matrix environment
EXPERIENCE PREFERRED/DESIRABLE:
- Experience in an insourced Behavioral Health model
COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES:
- Proficient in Power Point, Excel, and Word
- Experience with Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint
Responsibilities:
- Lead negotiations of financial and other contractual terms for behavioral health agreements for the Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial suite of products
- Ensure all contract terms and conditions are in compliance with financial, legal and regulatory requirements and align with company goals
- Gather and analyze data and other relevant intelligence in assessing provider network adequacy against required standards and business expectations
- Monitor and evaluate provider performance using key identified metrics to ensure compliance with contractual terms and improved outcomes
- Identify, assesses and develops strategies for improving provider and network cost, utilization and quality performance
- Develop and maintain effective external relationships with high-level representatives of participating provider organizations and acts as the primary contact for these providers
- Develops and maintains effective relationships with cross functional teams including WellSense Legal, Compliance, Public Partnership, Network Operations, Behavioral Health Strategy, Provider Relations and all other applicable departments to advance the highest quality behavioral health network
- Participates in the development, implementation & continuous process improvement of departmental policies, procedures, workflows to support a high performing network
- Other duties and projects as assigned
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:3.0Max:8.0 year(s)
Hospital/Health Care
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Accounts Management
Graduate
Health care administration business related field or an equivalent combination of education training and experience is required
Proficient
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Remote, USA