Contracting Administrative Specialist

centriaautism; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Centria is seeking an Contracting Administrative Specialist to support the Contracting Department by managing payor data, enrollment requirements, and fee schedules. The role collaborates with Regional Contract Administrators and internal teams to ensure contractual compliance and accurate rate information.

The successful candidate will have an associate degree or equivalent experience, strong organizational skills, and proficiency with G Suite and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to follow written instructions and use computer/software programs.
• Adapt quickly to new software applications and processes.

Responsibilities

• Support Contracting Team activities within the Contracting Department.
• Maintain and update the Payor Address List and confirm with each payor.
• Complete payor enrollment and re-enrollment documents with regional admins.
• Update fee schedules and ensure rate accuracy.
• Organize payor contracts and correspondence in the contracting database.
• Research payor requirements per state and respond in the Contracts Ticketing System.

Education

Associate degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

G Suite

Microsoft Office

Laptop

Job description

Position Summary

The Contracting Administrative Specialist will assist in Centria's efforts to engage, implement, and maintain payors in order to comply with payor contractual requirements. Under the direction of the Director of Contract Administration, the Contracting Administrative Specialist will work closely with the Regional Contracting Administrators and other internal departments to ensure payor data, rates, and enrollment requirements are maintained.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support Contracting Team activities and functions within the Contracting Department.
• Maintaining and updating the Payor Address List in a timely manner, ensuring successful confirmation with each payor.
• Collaborating with Regional Contract Administrators to complete payor enrollment and re-enrollment (application) documents.
• Working alongside Regional Contract Administrators to update fee schedules and ensuring accuracy of rates.
• Coordinating with various internal systems to ensure contractual and rate compliance.
• Uploading and organizing of payor's contracts, fee schedules, amendments, and correspondence in the applicable contracting database.
• Assisting Regional Contract Administrators in researching payor requirements as requested by internal parties and providing timely responses within the Contracts Ticketing System.
• Keeping up to date with Centria's Contract Management System, payor portals, internal systems, dashboards, and other necessary information systems.
• Reviewing the departments email inbox, triaging to applicable departments, and identifying areas of urgency.
• Supporting research on payor requirements by state requirements and regulations.

Projects

• Support the Contracting Team with converting payor related information from spreadsheets into our internal practice management software.
• Maintaining spreadsheets for market growth research and data.
• Compiling documentation for applications and contract negotiations.
• Assist with ad hoc reports as needed.
• Compliance with Centria's Code of Conduct, policies and procedures, and Federal and State laws.
• Responsibility to report violations of Company policies or the Code of Conduct.

Pay Rate

$25.50-$26.44 per hour

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience

Equipment and Technology Requirements

• Laptop
• G Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Google Meet)
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel Access, PowerPoint)

Other Competency Requirements

• Ability to follow written instructions;
• Ability to use computers and computer/software programs;
• Ability to easily adapt to new software and applications;
• Ability to communicate expressively and receptively.

Working Conditions

Ability to work in the Centria office. Centria's office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM.

Additional time or occasional shifts in schedule may be required to complete the above work or meet company objectives.

Overtime is not a planned part of this role.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, physical requirements such as bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, or pulling up to 30 pounds may be required. This role will require sitting most of the day as well as walking and standing periodically. This role may require close visual acuity on computer screens or monitors and the ability to analyze data and figures on a screen.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, Veteran status, or disability status. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position. Centria reserves the right to amend this job description at any time, with or without written notice.