Job summary
Job post source
This job is directly from Southeast Primary Care Partners
Job overview
The VP, Contracting & Payer Relations leads enterprise-wide contracting strategies with commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and employer payers to maximize revenue and expand value-based programs.
Responsibilities and impact
The role involves developing payer contracting strategies, negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance, managing credentialing, leading payer communications, monitoring contract implementation, and improving processes to support employed and independent physicians.
Experience and skills
Requires 10+ years in payer contracting with 5+ years in value-based models, expertise in financial modeling and analytics tools, strong negotiation and presentation skills, and ability to travel up to 25%.
Company information
Southeast Primary Care Partners is a healthcare organization focused on primary care partnerships, emphasizing compliance and value-based care.
Unique job features
The role includes leadership over full contract lifecycle, collaboration with multiple internal stakeholders, and responsibility for credentialing and payer relations departments.
Company overview
Southeast Primary Care Partners (SPCP), founded in 2020 and based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a physician-founded and led organization that focuses on supporting independent primary care practices. The company offers a range of management services, including billing, accounting, marketing, and operations, to help primary care practices grow while maintaining their independence. SPCP is dedicated to achieving value-based care and has been recognized for its rapid growth, ranking No. 160 on Inc. Magazine's list of the Southeast Region's fastest-growing private companies. By providing partnership options and management support, SPCP aims to transform healthcare through innovation and collaboration among primary care physicians.
How to land this job
Position your resume to underscore your extensive experience in payer contracting, especially with commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and employer-direct payers, highlighting your leadership in managing the full contract life-cycle and value-based/risk models.
Emphasize your skills in negotiation, financial modeling, claims analytics, and compliance management, along with your ability to collaborate cross-functionally with legal, compliance, finance, and operations teams to optimize contracts and mitigate risks.
Apply through multiple platforms including Southeast Primary Care Partners’ corporate career site, LinkedIn job postings, and reputable healthcare job boards to maximize your application visibility.
Connect with professionals in the Contracting & Payer Relations or Population Health divisions at Southeast Primary Care Partners on LinkedIn, using ice breakers such as commenting on recent payer strategy initiatives they shared, asking about their experience with value-based contracts, or referencing recent industry trends impacting contracting.
Optimize your resume for ATS by incorporating keywords from the job description such as 'payer contracting,' 'value-based agreements,' 'contract lifecycle management,' 'compliance monitoring,' 'financial modeling,' and specific tools like 'Microsoft Excel' and 'Tableau' to ensure your resume passes automated screenings.
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