Director, Contracting

AMSURG

Director of Contracting at AMSURG negotiating reimbursement terms with health plans for ambulatory surgery centers. Managing relationships and ensuring optimal reimbursement rates while overseeing multiple negotiations.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Negotiate initial or renewal contractual terms and reimbursement with designated market payers
Manage multiple concurrent negotiation activities while leveraging strong project management skills to drive progress on specific market strategies to optimize reimbursement
Create and maintain relationships between AmSurg providers and payers related to contracting
Facilitate updating and maintenance of consolidated contract management system for accurate tracking of reimbursement terms and conditions
Establish regular communication and strong inter-Company relationships, while monitoring payer issues as they relate to provider participation, contract loading, payment issues in conjunction with Revenue Cycle team
Assist in the development of departmental goals, executing projects to achieve these goals, and working closely with others within the HPR Department to continuously monitor Department performance
Onboard acquisitions and new entities/locations to payer contracts as requested
Develop reports and presentations by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends
In collaboration with Vice President, analyze contract performance data, conduct onsite visits with payers, clients and centers that require market specific strategies
Ability to work in a matrix environment where multiple and competing customer demands are likely
Facilitate internal training or educational tools as they related to health plan contracting
Position requires overnight travel up to 25% of the time

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in finance, accounting, or healthcare administration
Six to ten years relevant experience in health care including managed care contracting, payment methodologies, contract language, contract negotiations and financial analysis
Strong negotiating skills with national/regional payors
Solid understanding of payer contract language and multiple payment methodologies
Ability to build relationships with providers, external vendors/payers and employees at all levels in the organization
Strong organizational and written/verbal communication skills
Excellent ability to manage to deadlines
Demonstrated proficiency with financial reports, utilization trends, and patient mix based upon analysis of the data being tracked
Experience working in a matrix environment where multiple and competing customer demands are likely
Ability to work independently and with little supervision
Ability to positively handle conflict
Self-directed with a strong bias for action and urgency
Must be fluent in Microsoft Office applications

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid Time Off
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Disability
Healthcare FSA
Dependent Care FSA
Limited Healthcare FSA
FSAs for Transportation and Parking & HSAs
Matching 401(K) Plan
9 observed holidays
Paid family leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

contract negotiationsfinancial analysismanaged care contractingpayment methodologiescontract languagedata analysisreport developmentproject managementcontract managementutilization trends

Soft Skills

negotiating skillsrelationship buildingorganizational skillswritten communicationverbal communicationdeadline managementconflict resolutionindependenceself-directionurgency