Hybrid Network Development & Contracts Specialist

Astrana Health Management; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrana Health Management in Houston seeks a Network Development Specialist to drive recruitment, onboarding, and contracting of regional and national providers and vendors while ensuring compliance with state and federal guidelines. You will collaborate with Legal and operations to implement contracts and maintain accurate records.

This role partners with finance, network development, and market teams to support growth, monitor performance metrics, and coordinate contract execution from lead to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in healthcare contracting, contract analysis, provider relations, or a related role.
• Familiarity with managed care environments, including State and/or Federal health programs.

Responsibilities

• Drive recruitment, onboarding, and contracting of regional and national providers and vendors in alignment with corporate, federal, and state guidelines.
• Manage the end-to-end contracting lifecycle, including sourcing and receiving leads, negotiations, execution, amendments, renewals, and maintenance of provider and vendor agreements in collaboration with Legal and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate contract implementation and loading across assigned regions (e.g., Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, and additional markets in the Southeast), including collection, processing, and tracking of contract and credentialing documents in partnership with centralized/shared services teams.
• Maintain accurate contract records, track key contract and network metrics, and support reporting, analysis, and targeting efforts to inform network strategy, performance management, and compliance.
• Audit executed contracts against provider records to identify discrepancies and maintain a complete, accurate repository of contract status across assigned markets.
• Manage provider intake and inquiry workflows from initial interest through execution, coordinating with internal stakeholders to return fully executed agreements and onboard providers into the network.
• Partner with business/network development, and market teams to support network growth, optimization, and ongoing provider and vendor relationship management, including issue resolution and communication of contract terms.
• Ensure all contracting and related activities adhere to regulatory, compliance, payer, and internal policy requirements, escalating risks or variances as appropriate.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience

Job description

Astrana Health Management in Houston seeks a Network Development Specialist to drive recruitment, onboarding, and contracting of regional and national providers and vendors while ensuring compliance with state and federal guidelines. You will collaborate with Legal and operations to implement contracts and maintain accurate records.

This role partners with finance, network development, and market teams to support growth, monitor performance metrics, and coordinate contract execution from lead to