What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payor Contractor Enrollment Specialist position at PathGroup?
Job Summary
The Payor Contracting Specialist is responsible for supporting the development, negotiation, implementation, and maintenance of payer contracts. This role works cross-functionally with revenue cycle, legal, finance, and operations teams to ensure optimal reimbursement structures, compliance, and alignment with organizational strategy.
JOB RESPONSIBILTIES
Essential Functions
The Payor Contracting Specialist is responsible for supporting the development, negotiation, implementation, and maintenance of payer contracts. This role works cross-functionally with revenue cycle, legal, finance, and operations teams to ensure optimal reimbursement structures, compliance, and alignment with organizational strategy.
JOB RESPONSIBILTIES
Essential Functions
- Maintain and track contract terms, reimbursement rates, and key performance metrics.
- Analyze payer contracts to ensure accurate reimbursement methodologies and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Partner with revenue cycle teams to resolve payer issues, including denials, underpayments, and contract discrepancies.
- Support contract modeling and financial analysis to evaluate payer performance and profitability
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to managed care agreements.
- Maintain a centralized contract database and ensure documentation is accurate and up to date.
- Monitor industry trends and payer policies.
- Maintain department files in an organized, accurate, secure manner.
- Manage incoming and outgoing departmental mail.
- Facilitate ongoing communication with payors for operational and administrative issues.
- Work with other departments within PathGroup and subsidiaries.
- Nothing in the job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
- Other duties as assigned.