Manager, Payor Partnerships

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

2d • $78,000 - $119,000

About The Position

DaVita’s mission is to be the provider, partner and employer of choice. We are building the greatest health care community the world has ever seen through our commitment to upholding our mission and core values for our patients, partners and teammates. We are seeking a professional to join our Payor Partnerships team as a Contract Manager, Payor Partnerships The Payor Partnerships team manages a $8B commercial revenue portfolio and a high-growth national integrated care business that encompasses more than $5B of medical spend. This is a highly motivated, fun, and fast-paced team with extensive experience in negotiations, managed care, finance, and consulting, and is at the center of DaVita’s strategy to grow as payors’ partner of choice for kidney care. We foster a collaborative environment with a differential focus on both professional and personal growth. At DaVita, we find that our best leaders are those who create an inspiring vision for the future and empowers others to achieve success. They have always enjoyed tackling difficult problems and believe that the best way to solve them is through collaborative, team efforts. They take ownership of results and instill accountability in those they lead. They are driven, strong communicators, relationship builders, and find real fulfillment in challenging work. 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, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers 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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees