Provider Relations Representative

Provider Relations Representative – External

Camarillo, CA, US

Full Time

Salary Range: $88,594.00 To $

POSITION SUMMARY

The Provider Relations Representative – External is a field-based position responsible for ensuring effective communication, compliance, and support for network providers, dedicating a minimum of 75% of time to provider visits, community engagements, and on-site activities. As the primary liaison between providers and the organization, the representative is tasked with resolving inquiries, facilitating onboarding processes, and delivering targeted education on policies, regulatory requirements, and reimbursement methodologies.

Through proactive collaboration with internal departments, the representative ensures seamless coordination for claims resolution, contracting questions, and data management.

Amount of

Travel Required:

75%

Reasonable Accommodations Statement:
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Initiate and maintain effective channels of communication with GCHP network providers.
• Provide onboarding of new GCHP network providers to ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Travel to provider offices at a minimum of 4 working days per week.
• Build and nurture relationships with healthcare providers, community-based organizations, and other key stakeholders in the designated region to promote the health plan’s goals and ensure robust network participation.
• Act as a primary external point of contact for provider inquiries, resolving issues promptly. Educate providers on health plan policies, procedures, and compliance requirements to enhance efficiency and service delivery.
• Represent the health plan at local events, health fairs, and professional gatherings. Develop and deliver presentations to increase awareness and advocate for the organization’s services within the community.
• Conduct regular provider visits to gather data, identify trends, and assess provider performance. Provide actionable insights and detailed reports to internal teams to support strategic decision-making.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams, including internal provider relations teams, operations, and customer service, to align provider activities with GCHP goals and improve the overall provider experience.
• Assist departmental operations with investigating contracting questions, including interpretation of contract language, coding and reimbursement methodology.
• Manage and maintain GCHP network provider data and rosters to ensure additions and terminations of participating providers, address/demographic changes, name changes, TIN, NPI updates and provider practice information changes are timely and accurately submitted to all applicable operational systems.
• Facilitate first call resolution, when appropriate, for GCHP provider questions and concerns.
• Drive the resolution of escalated questions and concerns efficiently by actively engaging with providers, claims, contracting, and health services departments, ensuring clear and effective communication across all parties.
• Gather, review, and submit relevant documentation needed to help resolve complex claims inquiries and/or claims processing.
• Educate healthcare providers about Medicare Risk Adjustment (MRA) including accurate documentation and coding.
• Educate healthcare providers on CMS guidelines, compliance requirements and risk adjustment audits and reviews.
• Coordinate prompt claims resolution through direct communications with providers, claims, contracting and health services departments.
• Be proficient and maintain knowledge of basic claims processing, components of claims submission, processing, payment and reimbursement methodologies and issues resolution.
• Organize, schedule, and develop training sessions for joint operation meetings, individual provider trainings, and group provider trainings.
• Provide documentation and reports for internal GCHP committees, detailing provider trainings,…