Brigade Health

Vice President

• Own the full payer contracting lifecycle: Lead payer engagement from strategy and outreach through contract submission, negotiation, redlining, execution, renewals, and ongoing relationship management.
• Expand national payer relationships: Leverage deep existing relationships to grow partnerships with commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid payers across multiple markets.
• Lead payer strategy and reimbursement optimization: Design and execute payer strategies that align reimbursement models, operational workflows, and financial performance.
• Support new market expansion: Drive payer contracting for new states and markets, working with local, regional, and national health plans.
• Build scalable contracting infrastructure: Develop repeatable systems and processes across payer contracting, credentialing coordination, roster management, compliance, and performance tracking.
• Cross-functional leadership: Partner with executive leadership, general managers, credentialing, revenue cycle, and operations teams to translate payer requirements into operational execution.
• Serve as the internal payer authority: Advise leadership on payer policy, regulatory changes, reimbursement trends, and managed care best practices.
• People leadership: Build, develop, and lead a high-performing payer contracting and managed care team as the organization scales.

Vice President, Payer Contracting – Strategy