Payer Integration Specialist

Lyra Health; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Equity in Lyra

401K with matching

Monthly tech allowance

Parental leave

Job summary

Lyra Health seeks a Payer Integration Specialist to expand access through health plan and payer connectivity. You will translate payer requirements into implementation steps, coordinate with internal teams, and manage end-to-end health plan integrations focusing on eligibility, claims, and billing workflows.

You will work with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to align on deliverables, while handling project plans and timelines to ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a high-growth environment.
• Deep understanding of health plan structures and payer operations.
• Hands-on experience with RTE (270/271), 837 claims, accumulators, or similar healthcare integrations.
• Experience with Asana and Salesforce.
• Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with payers to establish technical and operational connectivity.
• Translate payer requirements into actionable implementation steps for internal teams.
• Lead day-to-day coordination with payers for standard integrations systems.
• Serve as primary contact for health plan integration setups (eligibility, claims, billing).
• Participate in kickoff meetings and liaise between internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Implement, configure, and troubleshoot health plan and health systems integrations.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, Payer Billing Operations, and Customer Success.
• Manage project plans, timelines, and milestones for timely delivery.
• Assist with annual benefit updates to maintain data integrity.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Ambiguity navigation

Healthcare payer knowledge

Tools

Asana

Salesforce

Job description

About Lyra Health

Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally in partnership with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. The company has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 35 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness, and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.

Importance of the Role: Support Lyra Health as it grows market share with Employers, Health Plans and Health Systems.

Our Payer Integration team at Lyra Health is seeking a Payer Integration Specialist to help expand access to life-changing mental health care. You’ll join a highly collaborative, supportive team leading successful health plan integrations and configuring RCM system rules for seamless carrier connectivity. This role focuses on translating health plan requirements into automated workflows that manage custom network exceptions and eliminate billing friction.

What You’ll Do:

• Coordinate with payers to establish technical and operational connectivity
• Translate payer-specific requirements into actionable implementation steps for internal teams
• Focus on the day-to-day coordination with payers to establish technical and operational connectivity for standard integrations systems
• Serve as the primary point of contact for health plan integration setups, focusing on eligibility, claims, and billing workflows
• Participate in customer and partner kickoff meetings and act as a liaison between internal team and external stakeholders
• Implement, configure, and troubleshoot health plan and health systems technical integrations
• Work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Payer Billing Operations and Customer Success to ensure alignment throughout the customer journey
• Manage project plans, timelines and milestones to ensure timely and accurate delivery
• Assist with the execution of annual benefit updates throughout the customer lifecycle to maintain data integrity
• Participate in other projects as directed

Requirements:

• 3+ years of work experience in a high-growth, fast paced environment
• Deep understanding of health plan structures, payer operations, claims billing and utilization management workflows
• Hands-on experience with RTE (270/271), claims (837), accumulators and/or similar healthcare integrations, preferably including systems like Asana and SalesForce
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams and competing priorities
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, anticipating risks, and proactively driving issues to resolution
• Passion for working in collaboration across internal teams, both leading and supporting multiple stakeholders

$85,000 - $117,000 a year

As a full-time Payer Integration Specialist, you will be employed by Lyra Health, Inc. The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $85,000 - $117,000. The base range is determined by role and level, and placement within the range will depend on a number of job-related factors, including but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Annual salary is only one part of an employee’s total compensation package at Lyra. We also offer generous benefits that include:

Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)
Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services
Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays
Paid parental leave
401K with up to 3% matching
Monthly tech allowance
We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, regular community celebration…and more!

We can’t wait to meet you.

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