Associate, Network Contracting – Central Region

🔥 20 hours ago

🌽 Illinois, Kansas, +2 more states – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌪️ Kansas – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote

💵 $87.2k - $114.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Oscar Health

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🏥 Healthcare

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $355M Post-IPO Debt - Oscar Health on 2025-09

Healthcare Insurance • Healthcare

Oscar Health is a technology-driven health insurance company that provides individual, family, and small-group health plans in multiple U. S. states. Oscar combines traditional insurance underwriting with digital-first services — a consumer-facing app, 24/7 virtual urgent care, prescription delivery (including $3 meds in many plans), and dedicated Care Teams — and also operates Oscar Primary Care in some markets. The company emphasizes accessible, affordable, high-quality care and uses AI to improve member experience and care delivery. Insurance policies are underwritten by Oscar's state insurance subsidiaries and the company offers both HMO and other plan types across its markets.

📋 Description

• Negotiate and manage contracts with hospital, health system, and individual healthcare providers • Build and maintain a robust provider network in the assigned market or region • Ensure access to quality care and optimize costs through provider performance analysis and reimbursement-rate negotiation • Engage prospective providers to support network growth and recruiting • Assist with resolving provider issues • Support cost-saving initiatives • Assist with designing and executing the local network strategy • Provide information and support enabling providers to deliver best-in-class member care • Implement contracting strategies aligned with network adequacy, development, and cost-management objectives • Manage contracts in compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements • Serve as a subject matter expert to contracting specialists and/or analysts • Review and analyze provider contracts to identify improvement and optimization opportunities • Use provider financial and competitor-strategy data to inform negotiation and contracting decisions • Guide and mentor junior team members; provide training and development • Support contracting policies, workflows, process improvements, metrics, and SLAs • Collaborate with provider services on network servicing, education, and communication • Monitor assigned networks for compliance and develop corrective action plans • Comply with applicable laws and regulations • Perform other duties as assigned • Report to the Manager, Network Contracting

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in healthcare client management, healthcare consulting, provider healthcare contracting, healthcare operations, or a related field • 2+ years of experience supporting provider network strategy development and negotiating provider contracts • 1+ years experience running financial analyses on markets or product lines and working cross-functionally to support improvement opportunities • 1+ years experience navigating and organizing large data sets such as claim files and provider rosters • Associate's degree or equivalent professional working experience (bonus points)

🏖️ Benefits

• Employee benefits • Unlimited vacation program • Annual performance bonuses • Medical benefits • Dental benefits • Vision benefits • 11 paid holidays • Paid sick time • Paid parental leave • 401(k) plan participation • Life insurance • Disability insurance • Paid wellness time • Wellness reimbursements • Remote work from a home office • Company events