Contracts Coordinator, Payor Relations - Lenexa, KS - Full-time / Part-time

Bring us your experience, your head for strategy, your strength with relationships and your eye for opportunity. In return we offer an unmatched place to grow and develop your career among a richly diverse group of businesses driven by the power and stability of a leading health care organization. Come help us heal and strengthen the health care system as you do your life's best work.(sm)
 
This role offers you the opportunity to play an influential and visible role as our company continues to grow! 
 
AxelaCare Health Solutions is searching for individuals who have a drive to help patients and forward medicine through cutting edge outcomes technology and a patient-centric focus.  In this role, you will need to be able to adjust to change and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to succeed in our employee - focused company culture.  Every employee is empowered to do whatever it takes to get the job done and at the center of our core values are our patients.  
 
We have an outstanding opportunity to work for a fast - growing national infusion therapy / specialty pharmacy organization, and are seeking a Contracts Coordinator. The ideal candidate will have experience in either home infusion, managed care, healthcare delivery, or related legal / paralegal contracting.  
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Types needed reports, correspondence and other documents
Maintain payer contract files and related database
Track contract status, pending or rejected and organize electronic files
Provide direct support for EVP Payer Relations & Contracting and Contract Analyst
Contract credentialing for all pharmacies - fill out and process date - sensitive incoming credentialing requests, contracts and contract amendments as requested
Process vendor and / or third party pharmacy documentation for appropriate signatures
Send via requested method of delivery; scan executed document and file electronic copy
Attends designated departmental and branch meetings as scheduled
Performs other tasks or duties as requested
Provide input regarding strategic direction as well as tactical solutions for how we best serve our patients
Employ excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage expectations 
Communicate effectively with strategic business units and their staff, both one - on - one and in group settings
Embrace the AxelaCare vision and mission; we believe you will be in a position to influence our company for years to come

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
Demonstrated skill in composition, grammar, and spelling
High level proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and Access)
Focus on detail and accuracy
Excellent telephone etiquette
Possess good organizational and time - management skills
Effective communication skills with other staff members and outside organizations or persons
Possess the initiative to plan for and complete daily activities with minimal directions
Dependable in attendance and job performance
Ability to meet attendance, overtime, on - call, and other reliability requirements of the job
Minimum of two years working within the industry and working with contracts and credentialing
Preferred Qualifications:  

Paralegal with healthcare or pharmacy experience
Knowledge of medical and / or health insurance terminology
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health - related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
 
 
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.      
 
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
 
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