Manager, Managed Care Contracting & Operations

NorthBay Health

$130K — $150K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required or at least 8 years of experience in managed care services with demonstrated leadership.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in healthcare reimbursement mechanisms and contract negotiations, especially within a managed care setting.
  • Strong understanding of the health insurance market, healthcare delivery, and financial principles.
  • Excellent analytical, writing, and verbal skills; strategic and tactical thinking capabilities.
  • Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and alignment with NorthBay's True North values.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate potential threats from changes in the insurance industry to NorthBay.
  • Negotiate contracts with healthcare insurance companies across various managed care arrangements.
  • Oversee claims processing operations and ensure compliance with contractual agreements.
  • Implement and monitor hospital, physician, and ancillary managed care contracts to boost market share.
  • Lead staff education on managed care topics, contract implementation, and monitoring.

Benefits

  • Commitment to a collaborative culture where every team member is valued.
  • Focus on advanced medicine through modern facilities and cutting-edge technology.
  • Opportunities for professional development and ongoing education.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Manager, Managed Care Services possesses both operational management and negotiating skills. The leader is responsible for payor strategy, contracting, reimbursement and communicating potential threats to NorthBay resulting from changes in the insurance industry, while also being responsible for contract negotiations and the operations associated with claims processing. This person negotiates for NorthBay with healthcare insurance companies and oversees the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of hospital, physician, and ancillary managed care payor contractual arrangements with the potential to increase or retain market share. The Manager also oversees the negotiation, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of subcontracts for the system's capitated business and for the hospice program. This position is responsible for overseeing staff education on managed care topics and contract implementation and monitoring.

Primary Job Responsibilities
  • Communicate the changing landscape of payor network, pricing, consolidation and payment strategies.
  • Suggest strategies for mitigating financial damage to NorthBay in advance of the implementation of these strategies by payors.
  • Conduct Payor Contract Negotiations under oversight of leadership
  • Conduct or oversee Subcontract Negotiations.
  • Manage or Oversee Operationalization and staff education of managed care contracts and related topics.
  • Manage or Oversee Data Collection and Analysis.
  • Oversee the management of the claim's payment function for hospital and medical group claims.
  • Manage or Oversee capitation reconciliation and stop loss functions.


Qualifications

Education.
  • Bachelor's degree required.


Experience:
  • Minimum 3 years of experience required in, healthcare reimbursement mechanisms and contract negotiations.
  • Prior experience in a managed care organization or department required.


Skills:
  • Understands the health insurance market and distribution channels, the healthcare delivery system, referral arrangements and financial principles.
  • Has the capability to think strategically as well as tactically; good writing and verbal skills; analytical skills (quantitative and mathematical skills strongly preferred); ability to work and speak openly with people throughout the organization; an orientation to detail, along with the ability to manage details; ability to meet deadlines and ability to produce accurate work.
  • Must be a strong negotiator.


Interpersonal Skills:
  • Demonstrates the True North values. The True North values are a set of value-based behaviors that are to be consistently demonstrated and role modeled by all employees that work at NorthBay Health. The True North values principles consist of Nurture/Care, Own It, Respect Relationships, Build Trust and Hardwire Excellence. Has an entrepreneurial instinct; a sense of responsibility to meet the needs of managers in the organization around contracting and managed care issues; a high comfort level with taking initiative, making decisions and handling responsibility; an organized work style; high energy and productivity; a problem-solving orientation; a comfort level with learning new ideas; good listener; strong integrity.


Hours:
  • Based on business need.


Compensation:
  • $130K - $150K plus variable incentive "bonus"
  • Max rate listed is commensurate of 20+ years of experience offer is based on years of experience doing the duties of the role.

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