Vice President – Payer Solutions

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Vice President of Payer Solutions leading payer strategy and growth execution for healthcare services across the United States. Driving innovation in value-based care and complex payer negotiations.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeEagle • Idaho, Texas, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

National payer strategy that fuels growth, margin expansion, and competitive differentiation
Innovative reimbursement models including episodic, value‑based, and shared‑savings arrangements
Complex payer negotiations to optimize rates, terms, and performance incentives
Market expansion in priority geographies, including support for M&A and new service lines
Value‑based care programs improving outcomes for high‑cost, high‑acuity populations
Cross‑functional alignment with operations, clinical leadership, finance, and business development
Performance analytics to strengthen payer mix, contract performance, and margin realization

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in healthcare leadership with deep expertise in managed care and payer strategy
Proven success negotiating complex agreements and driving revenue growth
Strong understanding of home health, hospice, or post‑acute reimbursement
Executive presence with the ability to influence at all levels
Data‑driven decision‑making and a track record of leading multi‑state initiatives.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We empower local leaders, elevate clinical excellence, and build partnerships that transform patient care.
No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.

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Hard Skills & Tools

payer strategyreimbursement modelsnegotiationperformance analyticsdata-driven decision-makingrevenue growthmanaged carevalue-based carecontract performancemulti-state initiatives

Soft Skills

executive presenceinfluencecross-functional alignment