Description

Northwest Kidney Centers seeks a Contracts Administrator to join the Patient Billing team at Burien, WA. This position is full-time with a flexible, hybrid schedule. This position is temporary and expected to last approximately 6 months, benefit eligible.

Responsibilities

The Contracts Administrator (“Administrator”) reports to the Director of Payor Contracts. (“Director”). The Administrator’s primary responsibility will be to support NKC’s overall organization and management of its contracts with payors, vendors, suppliers, and other business partners. Under the direction of the Director and in collaboration with business partner users, the incumbent will lead the redesign and redeployment of the organization’s Contract Manager software (CM) in a manner that effectively leverages the software’s functionality and maximizes ease of use for business partners. In addition, the Administrator will help to establish and enforce CM as the official repository for in-force contracts across the organization. To that end, the Administrator will work with business partners across the organization to identify, ensure full execution of, collect, and appropriately file all of the organization’s contracts in accordance with the revised CM organizational structure.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in contract review, management, and/or negotiation across a broad spectrum of vendor and payor classes and lines of business
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external partners.

Preferred

• Solid understanding of contract management and credentialing, preferably on behalf of specialty provider organizations.
• General familiarity with Medicare enrollment processes for provider organizations, and related online systems and processes.
• Strong interest and proficiency in process improvement, leveraging available technology and automation.

Shift
Mon- Fri, Full-time 40 hours, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Northwest Kidney Centers is an equal opportunity employer. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, genetics or veteran status.

Founded in 1962 as the world’s first outpatient dialysis provider, Northwest Kidney Centers operates 20 dialysis clinics across the Puget Sound region in addition to hospital-based services and a large home-based dialysis program. We are a not-for-profit, community-based organization and consistently rank among the top dialysis providers in the United States in quality of care, patient outcomes and transplant rates.

At Northwest Kidney Centers, teamwork, integrity, respect, excellence and stewardship guide our approach to how we work. We differentiate ourselves by our patient centered approach and active commitment to advancing kidney research and dialysis innovation. Key to our success is the compassion and expertise of our dedicated team of staff that care for those we serve.

Please note: Northwest Kidney Centers is obligated to adhere to Proclamation 24- 14.1 requiring healthcare workers in the State of Washington to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to work in a healthcare facility. Northwest Kidney Centers fully supports this requirement in order to prevent and reduce the spread of Covid-19 to patients and employees. All new staff will need to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination to NKC Employee Health prior to their first day. Medical or Religious exemptions may be accommodated depending on the role. For exemption information, please contact Human Resources prior to your start date.