Manager - Contracting

Astrana Health Management; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrana Health, Inc. is seeking a Manager - Contracting to lead recruitment and negotiation of provider contracts nationwide, ensuring compliance with state guidelines and optimizing networks. The role focuses on end-to-end contracting, loading, credentialing, and post-contract operations.

The position reports to Allen Chen in Business Development, offers a full-time remote-structured work setup with periodic travel to the Houston area, and targets a $100,000–$120,000 annual compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in health administration or related field.
• 5+ years contracting, contract analysis, provider relations, or provider experience.
• Knowledge of managed care, health programs, and contracting language.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment and negotiation of regional and national provider contracts per guidelines.
• Coordinate with contracting, legal, credentialing and data teams to load contracts and amendments.
• Manage provider relationships to support operational, financial, and clinical success.
• Define and monitor network reporting, metrics, and roster management goals.

Skills

Contracting

Provider relations

Negotiation

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration or related field

Job description

Manager - Contracting

Department: Business Development

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: 2929 Mossrock, Suite 200, San Antonio, TX 78230

Reporting To: Allen Chen

Compensation: $100,000 - $120,000 / year

Description

About the Role

Lead recruitment and negotiation of PCP, specialist, and ancillary provider contracts per company and state guidelines, while building new networks and optimizing existing ones, managing provider rosters and oversee post-contract intake, including credentialing, contracting, and loading.

Our Values

• Put Patients First
• Empower Entrepreneurial Provider and Care Teams
• Operate with Integrity & Excellence
• Be Innovative
• Work As One Team

What You’ll Do

• Manage end-to-end recruitment and negotiation of regional and/or national providers (PCP, specialists, and ancillary providers) from sourcing through contract execution in accordance with corporate, health plan, and state guidelines for assigned regions.
• Manage net new contracts and amendments to support network operations and provider and member growth, while coordinating with contracting, legal, provider data management, credentialing, and other applicable internal teams to ensure all new contracts and amendments are loaded completely, accurately, and on time.
• Manage relationships with high-value network providers by indirectly supporting their operational, financial, and clinical success through provider relations teams and the market leader.
• Define, launch, and monitor network reporting for assigned functions including network adequacy goals, metrics, and identifying targets for network build-out, management of rosters, and driving provider question and issue resolution.
• Initiate and lead occasional meetings with health plans and corporate teams, including executive management, to review provider performance data, scorecards, and partnership strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of contracting, contract analysis, provider relations, or provider experience, preferably in a hospital, physician’s office, physician group or ancillary services setting.
• Experience in project management, managed care, State and/or Federal health programs and working knowledge of contracting language and principles of negotiation.
• Previous experience as a lead in a functional area, managing cross functional teams on large scale projects or supervisory experience including hiring, training, assigning work and managing the performance of staff.
• Has strong negotiation skills (negotiate favorable terms while balancing implications such as cost, quality, access with a strong understanding of reimbursement models).
• Has healthcare industry knowledge (foundational understanding of provider operations, insurance products, regulations and familiarity with VBC, FFS, capitation, and risk contracting).
• Has experience in contract management and compliance (skilled in drafting, reviewing, and managing terms).

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions

• Our organization follows a remote work structure where the expectation is to work at home on a weekly basis with monthly/quarterly travel to the Houston office based on business needs.
• The total compensation target pay range for this role is $100,000 - $120,000 annually and represents our national target range for this role.