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The University of Kansas Health System

Manager of Payor and Market Strategy

The University of Kansas Health System

. Negotiate and renegotiate managed care contracts with managed care companies and health plans .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeLenexa • Kansas • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Negotiate and renegotiate managed care contracts with managed care companies and health plans
  • Develop negotiation strategies to achieve health system goals
  • Report market opportunities and monitor changes to protect and enhance market share
  • Develop and evaluate contract structures for reimbursement, including hospital, physician, ASC, bundled, value-based and capitated models
  • Analyze contract requirements, provisions, terms, conditions, rates, proposals and counterproposals
  • Meet with health plans and payers and prepare for negotiations and joint operating committee meetings
  • Monitor contract performance and compliance, identify problem areas and help resolve disputes
  • Coordinate with the contracting team across all entities
  • Analyze utilization, revenue trends and financial data to identify contract-operation issues
  • Engage payers regarding plan changes and policies
  • Develop standard and ad hoc reports for budgeting, revenue projections and long-range planning
  • Serve as liaison with Revenue Cycle and operational departments
  • Maintain managed care contracts and update stakeholders on renewals, amendments and contract changes
  • Build reimbursement models and reports using EPIC, payer portals, Excel and other reporting tools
  • Support credentialing and re-credentialing for facilities and professional services
  • Establish relationships with physicians, administrators, health plans, senior leaders and other stakeholders
  • Participate in committees, team meetings, strategic initiatives and work groups
  • Support Strategic Healthcare Solutions recruitment, business development, purchased-services onboarding and customer concerns
  • Manage value-based initiatives by analyzing population, quality, efficiency and financial performance data
  • Collaborate with quality teams to meet network quality and financial targets
  • Serve as department liaison between payer contracting and clinical operations

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or similar field from an accredited college or university OR other equivalent work experience
  • 4 or more years of experience in a healthcare organization or within health industry in a financial or technical position or other equivalent work experience
  • Ability to perform the professional, clinical and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department
  • Preferred: Master's Degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or similar field from an accredited college or university
  • Preferred: Experience in a large healthcare organization or academic medical center in managed care contracting or financial modeling/analytics

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equal employment opportunity employer
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities
  • Full-time employment