Contract Negotiator

Job Title: Contract Negotiator
Duration: 12+Months
Location: Columbus, OH
Job ID: 2241
Qualifications:
Contract negotiation and sourcing experience, preferably in construction
Comments/Special Instructions
Potential temp to hire: No Onsight requirement upfront but as of now, to be hired full time as NiSource employee they would need to be within 50 miles of one of the state headquarters.
Columbus, OH
Lexington, KY
Cannonsburg, PA
Merrillville, IN
Richmond, VA
Responsibilities:

• Negotiate the terms of provider contracts.
• Update or terminate existing contracts as necessary.
• Assist with contract drafting.
• Update information and documentation in our database
• Ensure provider compliance with contract terms and legal regulations.
• Ensure organizational compliance with contract terms.
• Draw up short term and long-term Contracting Strategy for the development and improvement of ABC Company’s provider network.
• Works independently and as part of a team on contract negotiations, renegotiations, contract preparation, provider relations, and recruitment.
• Reduce cost of goods sold through contract negotiations and renegotiations of existing vendor contracts.
• Ensure quality components of service delivery and patient/carrier satisfaction with services provided.
• Initially establishes relationships with providers and prepares handoff to account management team.
• Participate in process for continuous credentialing and quality monitoring of assigned accounts.
• Monitors state fee schedules by working closely with ABC Company’s Government Affairs Department to ensure vendor compliance.
• Works with team to identify margin opportunities by performing analysis on out of network utilization and using data to identify network development opportunities.
• Performs ad hoc negotiations with out of network vendors and strategically recruits new vendors based on feedback from Operations and Sales
• Works closely with Internal Audit and Compliance (IAC) department to ensure vendor compliance with contracts as well as ABC Company’s billing and other protocols.
• Identifies potential vendors for recruitment into the ABC Company network.
• Identifies white space and targets vendors in those areas for inclusion in the ABC Company network.
• Negotiates all new and existing contracts.
• Performs contract and cost analysis.
• Manages contract process including distributing and receiving contracts.
• Acquires credentialing applications at initial contracting.
• Acquires liability and licensure on each provider at initial contracting.

Thanks & Regards
Leela. G
Leela.g@artech.com
Morristown, NJ