Contract Analyst, Healthcare

Job Purpose

This position is an integral part of Cottage's contracting process, which includes contract modeling and claims and payer data mining, payer relationships, reporting and analysis, tracking and trending, support for facility and physician credentialing to ensure continuity of access to services, data management, and providing coverage for organization-wide contracting and support for managed care initiatives. Assists with accountability in all aspects of the managed care payer universe

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

• Minimum: BA or equivalent experience where 2 years of applicable work experience is equal to one year of education.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor's Degree.

Minimum: N/A.

• Minimum:
  Excel, Word, PowerPoint; strong reading comprehension and writing skills; experience creating and editing Word and Adobe (PDF) documents and database management; basic understanding of budgeting and financial principles.
• Preferred:
  Ability to work with budgets and intermediate understanding of financial modeling, legal and contracting principles.

• Minimum:
  Five (5) years of experience in contracting, finance, legal, or position requiring analytical thinking. Bachelor's degree may be substituted for work experience.
• Preferred:
  Two (2) years of experience in healthcare or contracting related field.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.

Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee.

Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.

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