Provider Engagement Account Manager

Centene Corporation

117d • $55,100 - $99,000

About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Candidates must reside in Texas. This role will cover the following counties: Lubbock Service Delivery Area: Brown, Carson, Coke, Coleman, Crosby, Deaf Smith, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Potter, Randall, Runnels, Swisher, Terry, Tom Green.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Two years of managed care or medical group experience, provider relations, quality improvement, claims, contracting utilization management, or clinical operations.
• Project management experience at a medical group, IPA, or health plan setting.
• Proficient in HEDIS/Quality measures, cost and utilization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain partnerships between the health plan and the contracted provider networks serving our communities.
• Build client relations to ensure delivery of the highest level of care to our members.
• Engage with providers to align on network performance opportunities and solutions.
• Consultative account management and accountability for issue resolution.
• Drive optimal performance in contract incentive performance, quality, and cost utilization.
• Serve as primary contact for providers and act as a liaison between the providers and the health plan.
• Triages provider issues as needed for resolution to internal partners.
• Drives provider performance improvement in areas such as Risk/P4Q, Health Benefit Ratio (HBR), HEDIS/quality, cost and utilization.
• Receive and effectively respond to external provider related issues.
• Investigate, resolve and communicate provider claim issues and changes.
• Initiate data entry of provider-related demographic information changes.
• Educate providers regarding policies and procedures related to referrals and claims submission, web site usage, EDI solicitation and related topics.
• Perform provider orientations and ongoing provider education, including writing and updating orientation materials.
• Manages Network performance for assigned territory through a consultative/account management approach.
• Evaluates provider performance and develops strategic plan to improve performance.
• Completes special projects as assigned.
• Ability to travel locally 4 days a week.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• Conducts regular in-person visits with physicians to provide real-time support, discuss performance metrics, and identify opportunities for improvement in patient care and clinical practices.
• Focuses on value-based care model initiatives, collaborating with physicians to identify and align to performance-based agreements that incentivize better patient outcomes, cost-efficiency, and quality care.
• Uses data analytics to track and monitor provider performance, offering actionable feedback to help physicians optimize care delivery and meet key performance targets.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Health insurance
• 401K and stock purchase plans
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off plus holidays
• Flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees