Manager, Payor Partnerships

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

2d • $78,000 - $119,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Payor Partnerships team manages relationships with all commercial health plans nationwide. Within these relationships, the team is responsible for negotiating and implementing all payor contracts, educating our payor partners on various DaVita programs that create value and improve patient care and outcomes, and reviewing financial models and contract language to ensure our agreements keep pace with the dynamic healthcare market. Further, the Payor Partnerships team helps shape DaVita’s strategy within the evolving healthcare landscape, including value-based care. This teammate will serve as a vital member of DaVita’s Payor Partnerships team. Key responsibilities include cultivating and maintaining payor relationships, negotiating rates and contract language, redlining of contract documents, issue resolution, coordinating with claims teammates to ensure accurate billing, reimbursement and contract implementation, and regular communication with regional field operating leaders. This position reports to the Director of Payor Partnerships, for whom this teammate will provide day to day support in negotiation and account management efforts. This position requires a limited amount of travel.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree (post-graduate professional degree a plus)
• Minimum of three years’ experience in contract language and rate negotiations
• Approaches work with an ownership mentality
• High emotional intelligence
• Results oriented with a proven ability to "get stuff done"
• High impact oral and written communication style
• Demonstrated interpersonal, collaborative, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities in a fast-paced, ever-changing and evolving work environment
• Exceptional project management skills and attention to detail; ability to organize and lead multiple work streams, priorities and teams
• Creative, strategic thinker
• Proficient analytic/financial skills, including knowledge of Excel

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Cultivating and maintaining payor relationships
• Negotiating rates and contract language
• Redlining of contract documents
• Issue resolution
• Coordinating with claims teammates to ensure accurate billing, reimbursement and contract implementation
• Regular communication with regional field operating leaders
• Provide day to day support in negotiation and account management efforts

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave
• Professional development programs
• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager